Thread: Password-based DRM has a dim future
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Old 06-09-2011, 05:00 PM   #63
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Originally Posted by anamardoll View Post
This is an interesting point -- I like it. Obviously, DRM locks in customers who are willing/able to break DRM, but DRM does nothing to stop piracy because all piracy needs is ONE person breaking the DRM and there is always at least ONE person who can and will do that and then load it up online.
Not always, but I assume you're really meaning "popular" books. There's no organised "0-day" release group for books, or at least none that I am aware of. So a lot of books by less well-known writers get overlooked.

DRM for ebooks is more of a loose tether between consumer, device and retail website. If you have a Sony reader you CAN buy from Amazon instead of Sony and liberate/convert it to Sony format. But the DRM puts an extra obstacle in the way that makes people less likely to bother.

But ... if Amazon's new publisher imprint starts to take off there will be a lot more Kindle exclusives, maybe even some from well known established writers. Amazon won't want Sony users reading them, they will want Sony users buying Kindles.
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