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I'm also getting the feeling you consider DRM a good thing in and of itself, regardless of whether it performs as advertised or not.
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Er, no I don't. I think its at best a necessary evil. Its you lot who are convinced that it is the spawn of Satan and can't possibly be justified, no matter what. I note that neither you or anyone else has proposed a solution, except by saying "It won't be that bad." This is unconvincing . A look at falling music industry revenues shows it can be that bad.
I do think that the publishers shot themselves in the foot by banging on about piracy, when large scale casual sharing is the real danger. Maybe there is no diplomatic way to talk about large scale casual sharing is the real danger, but they lost credibility among the digerati by not being upfront about it.
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As for the non-DRM Twilight scare scenario, I don't think it's relevant because it's been here since before the first book came out. Non-DRM electronic copies of the entire series have been widely available for free since the launch day of each book - and Harry Potter was the same - and neither series has seen a massive fall-off in sales as you are suggesting.
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It's one thing if its available on Darknet, where only the congnoscenti can get at it. Its a whole order of magnitude different when you can have it emailed it to you by your Facebook BFF.