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Originally Posted by Bittybye
I can see how removing DRM could reduce piracy. I assume that the publishers charge so much for ebooks due to the cost of putting DRM on a book. If they drop that extra cost they could (in theory) lower prices and cash strapped people suffering in a horrible economy could afford to buy books.
I would never download a book, but when I see a book from one of my favourite authors has a book coming out in Jan and the hardback is $16 and the kindle edition is $13. Really?
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Doesn't anyone contributing to this thread realize that they are singing into a high wind on the Texas plain? Their words and melody are being swept away by the publishers own studies showing that DRM helps, that it is necessary, and that it is a boon to the industry.. These studies were organized specifically with the intent to cut down on theft.
(There I said it plainly - Theft!)
Studies like the one being talked about in this thread are viewed by the Right's Holders as nothing but propaganda that caters to a less than desirable element that the publishing industry has to protect itself from.
The book industry views DRM as financially necessary, and philosophically and morally correct. They are attempting to enforce the Seventh Commandment
"Thou shall not steal."