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Originally Posted by stonetools
Going DRM free is a leap of faith . You take the risk that that your work will be endlessly copied and passed around.
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Publishing at all (digital or paper) risks that your work will be endlessly copied and passed around. If someone has it, they can copy it or break the DRM or scan it.
It really should be a
balance of protecting the author's work and allowing purchasers to use their purchases as they should be allowed. Right now I believe that DRM is far too close to the "protect the author" point on the spectrum. It's not yet at the "happy trade-off" point for both parties involved.
And to speak to a couple other points that I'm too lazy to quote:
1. Purchased books that are later geo-restricted have (in the past) disappeared from people's accounts. This is stupid.
2. There was a point upthread that you tried to turn into "do you think you should be able to purchase any ebook ever published? but print books go out of print!!!" The point of the original poster was this: If I've purchased a book and it's suddenly removed from the book-provider's catalog, I should still be able to access my book, no matter what. If I haven't purchased the book and it's "out of print", then that's fine.