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Originally Posted by stonetools
DRM does stop the vast majority of casual ebook readers from just stealing ebooks.
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If by "stealing" you mean download an unauthorised copy, I can't see how it would stop anyone. None of the unauthorised copies you can download have any DRM.
The real purpose of DRM is to tie consumers to one particular hardware device and to make it inconvenient to switch to another (competing) device. The idea is that once you get a customer you will never lose them because the only way for them to switch to a competitor is to throw away all their software purchases.
Apple and Microsoft tried the same idea with mp3 but there was already too many competing manufacturers before they launched for it to work. Ebook reader manufacturers and ebook vendors don't really have that problem.