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Originally Posted by stonetools
You take the risk that that your work will be endlessly copied and passed around. If you are just starting out, your intellectual property isn't worth much and you're not losing sales if that happens anyway .
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DRM or not, eBook version or not [e.g. Harry Potter], all works are already being passed around. DRM [and in the past copy protection] has always failed to prevent those who want to steal books/software/etc from doing so. If it doesn't actually protect the content and harms the user, then why continue with it?
It's sold as "protection for the author's rights", but I see it as "keeping you in the appropriate walled garden"... you bought a Kindle? Then you're a captive customer for Amazon... bought a Nook? Barnes & Noble has you in their grip (less so, but still generally true)... Kobo... Borders/KoboBooks, etc...