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Originally Posted by karunaji
No, it doesn't deter crackers. It only deters a lot of legitimate customers. The procedure is too difficult for a general person that many simply don't care and buy a Kindle instead.
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That's not the process I was talking about. I was talking about the Adobe Creative Suite. It isn't complicated for a general person to connect to the internet and type in a serial number.
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I think that any serious problems to a reader due to DRM is only going to change a user's moral stance regarding the sharing.
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How is the above pose serious problems?
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That 1% will find a way to remove DRM in either case. Most pirated books are scanned pdf copies, so in the extreme case one could make a series of screenshots.
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It's better that it is screenshots/scanned copies. Screenshots will usually have some other sort of annoying stuff added to it; serving as a constant reminder that the book is stolen (coworkers see it etc). Same thing with scanned copies.
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So, if people are following the rules then replace DRM with a legal notice that sharing is bad. It looks that you agree with me.
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How did you jump from what I had said to this? Many people are following the rules; I never said people are following the rules.