Thread: STUDY SHOWS: Ditching DRM could reduce piracy, prices
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Old 10-15-2011, 05:11 PM   #319
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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak View Post
An upside to DRM, that didn't occur to me until now: Without it, libraries would not be able to let us borrow eBooks, the publishers would never allow it. But by implementing a DRM that means we can't just keep the downloaded eBooks indefinitely, publishers feel safe enough to let Overdrive lend us eBooks. Despite the fact that the DRM on them would never stop a determined pirate anyway.
I was just made aware recently of some libraries loaning non-drm books.
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