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Originally Posted by stonetools
Well, at least you admit its an opinion. Earlier, you kind of asserted it as if it was revealed fact
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Hrumph. I didn't just pick an opinion out of the air, and I have backed it up with hard data. I have yet to see any data from you.
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
there's no way to track the casual sharing that does happen and relate it to sales to find out if it helps or hurts, much less speculate on how much more there would be if the locks were removed.
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We can look at the music industry's digital sales since DRM was removed in 2008. Oh — sales have continued to increase in much the same way as before.
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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
The standard response by the pro-DRM people is "anyone who opposes DRM is just one of those 'entitled' people who wants everything for free." They're missing something critical: we can already get it for free.
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I'm an individual reader who'd like to be able to say he hated DRM, but it really doesn't affect me. Removing DRM has become second nature.
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+1. But it's still an irritation. And it will still be bad for the industry when a large number of people get burned by it. Anyone remember Microsoft's "
PlaysForSure"?
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Originally Posted by stonetools
The average user doesn't give a damn about DRM. If they did, we would see rapidly falling sales of ebook sales and ereader devices. Instead we see rapidly RISING sales of ebooks and ereaders.
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It seems clear that there is no definitive answer to my question. Whats also clear is that the digerati wants the publishing industry to take a leap of faith into the dark, based on the digerati's earnest assurances that ending DRM would have no effect on revenue. Its not surprising that the publishing industry won't be taking that leap.
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On the first paragraph, you are making a basic error. eBooks are just moving out of the early adopter stage. It would be astounding if sales were not rising fast. Perhaps, without DRM, sales would be rising faster. And also, perhaps, if there were not DRM-removal tools, sales would not be rising as fast as they are.
As to the second, I think I've given a definitive answer, and you have simply ignored it, not replying to the data I provided, and then dismissing my views as
just an opinion.
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Originally Posted by Catlady
The average user is NOT OK with DRM, because he or she doesn't yet even know about it.
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