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Hmm... Perhaps the problem is the concept that those (children, wealthy) who "share"
are good/acceptable and those who wish to keep what they have been able to acquire,
are bad/greedy (Capitalists).
Personally, I wonder if the "author's" legitimate concern is as much of a problem as it
has been portrayed? I know there is a "sharing community"/"DarkNet" out there but I
wonder how much that activity effects sales? I know when I search for a book, I get
a listing of pay sites for the most part. Even "Inkmesh" will return such results for a
book currently in copyright.
DRM may be a valid response to a world full of people who have been raised to believe
that "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" or "To whom
much is given, much is expected". A responce to a world of "sharers", if not so many
actual "Torrent" sharers.
That DRM is an abysmal failure in that regard, and always will be, is beside the point.
The "Authors" fear and the existence of the torrent/darknet phenomenon, provides
enough motivation for its employment.
I believe that there are more than enough honest book buyers who want to support
their favorite authors and know/feel that they should pay the author for his efforts,
to make those who would indiscriminately "share" ebooks a tiny minority. I also believe
that those who have sunk so low as to steal the ebooks, via torrent, would never have
paid for the books in any case.
DRM removal is a practice of those who have actually purchased the ebook, making it
a crime is so.. counterproductive, as to be insane.
The real crime is providing those copies of the file purchased to others. But - how can
that crime be effectively dealt with? (Sorry, I have no idea.)
Making a copy for my kid or for an aging parent, seems to be less of a crime, somehow,
but the "author" seems to see that as the loss of thousands of ebook sales, and "he"
could be justified in that (by the numbers). Certainly, we could agree that those who
would post a copy to the internet, are endangering the "author's" ability to sell his
wares to that same market. So, those who make such posts harm the entire ereading
public. They should be prosecuted with vigor. It doesn't seem to be happening, why?
My 2 cents worth.
Luck;
Ken
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