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Originally Posted by igorsk
Is it?
Here's a rather old article, but still relevant.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/l...0100490700.htm
Technical measures won't stop illegal copying no matter how much the DRM snake oil is advertised. Better prices, availability and compatibility of ebooks would do much more than useless encryption which only troubles legit users. |
Even here in the US, I have spent many hours copying books for teachers at my children's school. Some of the books, workbooks for the most part, gave explicit permission to be copied by a teacher for the class. But most of the books, even though directly related to teaching, weren't supposed to be copied.
The county pays for the these illegal copies which means I pay for them through my taxes. The county budget doesn't allow enough money for the teachers to purchase legal copies of the books so the teachers get around that by having copying the book on the school copy machine.