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Originally Posted by stonetools
This has really been done to death on the other thread. I really think you should just re-read it. We're not talking about passing a book to your office mate, we're talking about sharing your ebook with all your Facebook friends (and having them share their ebooks with you). That's not passing a book around the office. it ain't the same game, it ain't the ballpark, it aint the same league, it aint even the same sport.
REad this link and the comments please:
http://www.idealog.com/blog/what-the...n-of-the-cloud
Also this : http://www.idealog.com/blog/drm-may-...-protect-sales
Money quote:
The writer consults for the publishing industry. I haven't seen anybody respond effectively to his questions, either on the thread or here at this forum. See if you can give it a shot. |
The second, (first chronologically, you'd think they'd be listed in proper order) article had even less semantic content. Let me give it a go.
1. How well does it stop casual sharing? Unknown. Unknown because we don't have any meaningful numbers of casual sharing, attempts foiled by DRM, and sharing done successfully with stripped DRM.
Example. Aunt Mamie wants to pass
Lust in the Locomotive to Cousin Joan. Cousin Joan can't read it, and tells Auntie Mamie she can't. Did it stop there. Maybe, maybe not. Auntie Mamie may ask little Joey, "Why can't I pass this to Cousin Joan?" Little Joey says "Gimme your reader for a few minutes", cracks the DRM and give Auntie Mamie a clear copy and tells her to send that one to Cousin Joan. Little Joey may even teach her how to run the DRM crack software herself, not wanting to be involved with titles like
Lust in the Locomotive. How do you measure it? Because....
2. Google DRM breaking programs. They're out there in abundance, and not on servers within US jurisdiction. Little Joey may have been breaking DRM for years...After all...
3. Not everybody is a complete idiot (Congress excluded). Most of them haven't been burned by DRM losses - yet. Once they are seriously inconvenienced a time or two, they'll learn. And they won't be saying thank you...