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Originally Posted by JoeD
DRM won't stop piracy in any way, so we can exclude that as a reason for using it. The only real reason I can think of is to stop "casual" copying by non-technically minded people. By that I mean, the equivalent of lending your paper book to a friend.
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DRM is about locking readers to one specific device and forcing them to buy their books from one specific retailer. Everything else is just smoke and mirrors designed to fool content creators into playing along with it.