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Old 03-18-2011, 05:19 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by HansTWN View Post
DRM that really worked would make sense
Now there's a contradiction in terms. Ask any cryptographer why you can't share secrets with and keep them from a person at the same time. Obfuscation etc. will buy you some time, perhaps, but at the end of the day all such schemes are defeated.

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And that is most probably because so few people buy their books that nobody cares. So all DRM does is annoy honest buyers who want to transfer books to other devices, etc.
Bingo, on both accounts.
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