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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
Yes, there are; but that's not what Doctorow is talking about. He just wants everyone to accept that the bad guys will get away, and figure out how to profit on their larceny (like giving them a bar to spend their stolen loot in, I suppose).
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Doctorow is not saying that in the slightest.
Take his point about Turing completeness. It effectively says that every computer can do the same things as every other computer (this was rigorously and mathematically proven decades ago). Since devices like ereaders are computers, the only way to reduce piracy is to restrict who can write software and have extensive surveilance to ensure that everyone complies.
One of Doctorows arguments is that the cost of those restrictions and surveilence is way too high. If you read his books, you'll find that he is quite paranoid about such things.