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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
Only a foolproof way to identify the user of every document, and connect them to exactly one document, would make resell of digital documents feasible. There's a name for that: Digital Rights Management. So, anyone who supports reselling must support DRM.
We, as a society, need to get our heads around the fact that digital goods are not physical goods, and should not be treated as such, or you negate the advantages of those digital goods. Once that is fully understood and accepted, society can figure out how best to handle digital goods.
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DRM doesn't work in principle, for a number of reasons, some of them having to do with the theory of cryptography. It will NEVER work as intended, to keep data out of the hands of those who already have access to the data.
I mean, if we have to we'll just use our phones to take pictures of each screen.
I agree that digital texts are much better than printed ones, for many reasons, one of the most important is that they weigh less and can be transferred between individuals so much more readily!
Figuring out how to send monies to the creators of those texts in a copyright free world? That should be cake.
