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Originally Posted by leebase
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Having no DRM is pretty close to having no copyright. Copyright exists for the benefit of both content creators and society. If we don't figure out how secure IP for content creators in the digital age, we'll all be poorer.
Lee
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Copyright depends on the honesty of the person doing the copying. JK Rowlings books are posted in digital format within 24 hours of arriving in stores in print. I think part of that reason is that digital copies are not available in any other way as the author has repeatedly stated that she does not want digital copies out there, yet her actions have merely shifted the profit to someone else. The fact that something is available is stealable format does not mean that everyone is going to go out and get a copy. In my case it merely meant that I went and read something else. There is enough legitimate material for my Kindle out there that I will never run out of material to read. It is like a fungus, it grows faster than I can get rid of it.