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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby
I am still waiting for that list of ebooks that haven't been pirated (made
available for free on the internet) because of the "protection" provided by
DRM. Of course there are plenty of books that aren't pirated because no
one thinks they would be worth the effort. It would have to be some book
that most of us have heard of.
Perhaps you could start with the Harry Potter Series, they had the best
DRM possible, they were never released as e-books. Oh wait, they were
pirated!
Luck;F
Ken
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DRM prevents casual sharing by the average consumer , not piracy. I know that the standard anti DRM argument focuses on piracy, but there is more than one type of copyright infringement. DRm could be totally useless against piracy, but still protect sales. It's unfortunate that anti DRM activists refuse to recognize this point, and keep recycling the anti-piracy argument. Bank security guards don't protect against forgery, but that doesn't mean that banks shouldn't continue to employ security guards.