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My point was that even if DRM was some deterrent to "Casual Piracy", the problem is
not as likely as the DRM proponents make it out to be.
"Casual Piracy"/Sharing of ebook files has so many contraindications it would take an
extensive set of conditions to make it at all probable.
First you would (as you point out) need to have some "Needy Friends", who can't be
bothered to buy their own ebooks. (None of my friends or neighbors are that bad off.)
Then you would have to know the format that your underachieving friends need for their
eReaders/smartphones/netbooks/iPads/laptops/Android Tablets - or whatever.
Your list of potential pirated ebook recipients would have to be greatly winnowed down
to just those who read the same kind of ebooks as you do. (If you give them an ebook
and they never read it, or really wanted it, is that a lost sale? Has the book been
Pirated?)
I would be willing to bet that those on the list you posted (we who expect others to
support their own vices, with the fruit of their own labors), are the most likely to offer
aid to those who really need it. You may enrich a person's life with a book, but you
would be much more effective to point your needy friend to the nearest library.
I don't consider it being stingy to keep what I buy, to my own use. I have no claim
on what others may buy, they have none to what I purchase.
Luck;
Ken
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