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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
It isn't foolproof. For example, someone could decrypt all of their books outside of the reader application, and create and distribute plain-text copies. You'd have to read them with a text editor, browser, or a black market reader application that didn't require a key.
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As long as a "black market reader application" was possible, it's not likely the vendors would buy into the system. Short of Vernor Vinge's "Secure Hardware Environment," where copyright control and government access is universally mandated and built into every chip, it seems impossible to prevent.
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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
I think we all acknowledge that piracy won't go away
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Unfortunately, no. The idea that leakage will occur, and it's absolutely impossible to prevent, is what freaks out the people who want to control everything. To them, good enough is not good enough.