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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!)
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You're missing one of the key points to this whole issue- that the only people actually stopped by DRM are honest users trying to do such legal things as make a backup copy in case their reader gets stolen or destroyed. Theft will still happen regardless of how tight a security you put on an ebook, but making a backup copy for your own personal use is definitely not theft.
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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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Sounds more to me like them and their "Rights Holders" are just sore that they've lost the ability to serve as a gatekeeper to publishing. Would some of those "Rights Holders" also be the ones who legally steal copyrights from new authors using abusive Work For Hire contracts that only pay a pittance?
Edit: Now that I think about it, if you're that willing to let big business and these anonymous "Rights Holders" dictate what the people will buy, you're also ignorant of one of the cornerstones of Capitalism- demand. It doesn't matter how much supply of DRM ebooks you have, if people demand non-DRM ones then that's what they'll buy and leave your DRM ebooks rotting on the digital shelf.