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Originally Posted by stonetools
Whatever, dude. You have no statistical evidence whatsover that going without DRM would NOT result in lost sales through large scale casual sharing. Given the example of the music industry, there is every reason to believe that it WOULD result in a collapse in revenue. Based on those facts, for the publishing industry to go without DRM would be a leap of faith- a leap of faith based on the digerati's unsupported belief that "this won't the hurt the publishing industry-honest injun. And did you know that DRM is really annoying? "
I find the digerati's willingness to gamble the livelihood of authors and publishers on an unsupported theory just because it 's inconvenient to them quite callous and self centered, to be honest.
But then that's me . Apparently the digerati are quite willing to gamble on the livelihood of others.
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Given what example of the music industry? There's clear evidence that piracy increased with the ready availability of digital copies - but digital sales and revenue ROSE when DRM was abandoned.
That example says removing DRM = increased sales.
Also, any analysis of the fall off in music industry revenue has to include both the shift from selling primarily albums for $10-15 each to primarily singles for $0.99 each - and the fact that consumers who had bought the same content two, three, and even four times (vinyl, 8-Track, cassette, CD) essentially revolted and refused to buy that same content yet again in digital format.
Yes, the music industry has suffered a massive drop in revenue over the last decade - but there's absolutely no evidence to support the idea that any of that drop was a result of their shift from various DRM formats to DRM-free MP3s.