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Originally Posted by carld
I wonder if what Baen is doing works so well why are they still the only company of any significance doing this? Baen's been selling their books without DRM for years now, and they're still the only one's doing so.
PS: Yes, I know I said I was done with this thread, and I was, but Baen interests me.
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Smashwords is DRM free and growing, O'Reilly is DRM free and big in their field. Change takes time.
Part of it probably the fact that DRM, as some have pointed out, simply doesn't bother most average consumers...yet.
And others of us, rather than boycotting DRM, simply buy what we want...and strip as needed. And even if all we digerati joined a boycott, there are probably not enough of us yet to make a difference.
When DRM starts to hurt more people, more companies will feel pressure to follow Baen, I think.