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Originally Posted by tompe
Well, some publisher does not protect there data. Also during the weekend I heard a Tor editor say that the darknet was not a threat now. He said that he was happy if one more person read the book since that would generate more sale.
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A statement that, in itself, makes little sense, since someone who reads the e-book
doesn't necessarily go out and buy the print version of the book. It's also no help to those authors who only release e-books, and do not (like Tor) consider e-books as mere advertising tools... not many people are going to read a free e-book, then go out and buy the same e-book.
So, our discussions of the Darknet essentially cancel each other out, like matter and anti-matter, eh? (I won't get into which is which...
) It makes little difference, if the
publishers feel that the Darknet is a threat. And if publishers don't want to release e-books without DRM, they're obviously threatened by
something, real or perceived.