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Originally Posted by stonetools
You are asking authors and publishers to take a leap of faith based on NO CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE. If you are asking authors and publishers to take such a leap, you don't need a pretty theory-you need CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE .
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They're rather making the leap now, assuming DRM works... all evidence to the contrary that it prevents any sort of piracy.
I suggest that, as a scientific test, in order to see if DRM-free publishers can survive, that we have several small publishers remove DRM and see what happens. That will provide CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE! Oh, what's that you say? It's already being done?
But, but, but... no, you can't draw a conclusion from a handful of small publishers! There's no CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE that it will work for everyone! LEAP OF FAITH! LEAP OF FAITH! Wharbable wharblablable!
Moving The Goalposts (Raising The Bar, Argument By Demanding Impossible Perfection):
if your opponent successfully addresses some point, then say he must also address some further point.