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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.
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Sure we do: the existence of several thriving ebook publishers who don't use DRM. If removing DRM causes large-scale casual sharing to such an extent that it costs sales, why is Baen still in business? Samhain? BooksforaBuck? O'Reilly? Why did Harlequin, not known for its lack of market understanding, open Carina Press?
You keep saying that dropping DRM will cause large-scale casual sharing--why hasn't it, for those companies that don't use DRM?
Note that "distribute without DRM" is not the same as "give up copyright protection." Posting an ebook publicly on Facebook is still illegal.
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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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What gambling? I don't buy DRM. Authors have the choice of selling me something in a format I might buy, or not doing so. I'm not demanding they take risks they think aren't safe--I'm telling them:
DRM means lost sales. If they think no-DRM also means lost sales, they'll have to figure out which means more lost sales.
In the meantime, I've got no shortage of ebooks to read.