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Originally Posted by frahse
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."
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How do you steal something you have bought and paid for?
Who, is paying for a pirated ebook?
What ebook has not been pirated because it was "protected" by DRM?
You are aware, are you not, that once a book is really "Pirated" and made
available to the public, for free, on the internet; it is forever out there and
no DRM on the ebook's sales will change that?
Most books are pirated long before the ebooks with DRM are released.
(In the case of the Harry Potter series, years before.)
DRM is intended to deal with the concept of "casual" sharing/distribution of
copies, by those who purchase the book. Once the novelty wares off, how
often do you think anyone would be willing to supply ebooks to "friends",
who aren't buying their own books, but getting them from you? I know I
tend to reserve the things that I purchase for my own use.
DRM costs money and cannot be shown to be
able to prevent what
you are calling theft. Would that not be some kind of fraud in itself?
Luck;
Ken