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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
After all, music has been available DRM-free and rather affordable for what, 2 years now? There are also countless free streaming options, ranging from Internet radio to Spotify to Pandora. Yet music piracy rates are still sky-high, and there are correlations between nations with lax IP enforcement and cratering music sales rates (note: this does not necessarily prove cause and effect).
Plus, this guy and/or his publisher -- Penguin -- seems to be doing about 75% of what many MR peoples demand. The ebook is out at the same time as the hardcover; at $4, not only is it very reasonably priced, but it's a fraction of the hardcover price ($19). It's even agency pricing and still $4. And yet people still pirated it, albeit in almost a drive-by fashion.
I see zero evidence that DRM is what's causing most of the piracy, especially in this case.
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I buy a book. From Amazon. I pay $4 for it. And I can't read it because I don't read on my PC and I don't have a Kindle.
So, I go to the internet, find that same book, in mobi format. And I put it on my BBMini and start reading.
So, what do you think the average user, who runs by the sound of "hacking", will do?
About the MP3's. Too little, too late. People had found the illegal circuit. People had gotten used to the illegal circuit. And, personally, I still haven't found a location where I can buy my MP3's. Most shops, I'm not allowed (not US-based) and I refuse to use Itunes.