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Originally Posted by stonetools
DRM isn't copyright, but it is a way of defending copyright. If there is a better way, then I 'm all for it. But neither I, nor you, nor anyone on this forum, can think of a better way, so here we are. Apparently you are OK with paying lip service with the idea of defending copyright. You just don't like anyone coming up with any effective way of doing it.(Filing lawsuits against pirate sites and sending cease and desist letters is less effective and less popular than DRM, by several orders of magnitude).
Now I would be interested in what Jim Baen is doing to protect the IP rights of authors. My guess is not much of anything, since their authors aren't bestsellers for the most part and don't lose much through piracy and casual sharing.
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Cease and desist letters do work - as do lawsuits. They don't always work well, but they work better than DRM because DRM doesn't work at all.
Baen takes immediate action against any commercial infringement, and against non-commercial infringement as soon as they become aware of it. However their general focus is on increasing sales rather than stamping out piracy and it's been working. Also, while they may not have a majority of best-selling authors - they do have a number, and many of those authors' books are legally available free and still sell.
Finally, Jim Baen passed away five years ago in June.