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Originally Posted by stonetools
" Sharing" an ebook is different than lending your copy of a pbook to your father in law. Without DRM, you could go a lot further than "sharing " an ebook with one person - with a click of the mouse , you could "share " a unprotected ebook with everyone on this forum , while keeping a copy for yourself. Now of course, you protest that YOU wouldn't do that-but there are lots of people who would.
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You are contradicting yourself. Those people that DO want to SHARE ebooks widely or upload are among the ones who have no trouble removing DRM. Yes, by having DRM you will sell a few more copies in the beginning (as people have to re-buy when a family member or close friend wants to read a book you already have), but you are seriously annoying paying customers. And you lose selling opportunities that come through sharing within a limited circle (people get to know new authors, etc).