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Originally Posted by pdurrant
This does not make sense.
Let's consider two scenarios.
(i) 100 people buy a new book when it comes out. It has no DRM. They share it on facebook with 100 other people each, and those people also share it with 100 other people. Result: You get 100 sales but over a million copies out there.
(ii) 100 people buy a new book when it comes out. It has DRM. Only one of the 100 knows how to strip DRM, does so, and shares it on facebook with 100 other people. They share it on facebook with 100 other people each, and those people also share it with 100 other people. Result: You get 100 sales but over a million copies out there.
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And then, since the book is a viral hit on the internet and the most widely read piece of teen fiction in the history of the planet, the author sells the movie rights for $10,000,000!
What a disaster!!!!!