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@Helen: I couldn't have said it better than spindlegirl did.
It's not so much that I believe everyone is good and honest, but DRM does not hinder people who want to pirate. It just annoys honest customers. Hasn't worked for the music industry and will not work for the book industry, either.
Yes, I will keep on buying my ebooks if they are not available for free legally. But whenever possible, I will buy them free of DRM. And I have never had the idea that because there was no DRM I could freely distribute the book.
Plus there are laws against copyright infringement. If that does not hinder pirates, neither will DRM. So publishers/companies may as well stop to annoy there paying customers (and risk them turning to the dark side for a multitude of reasons).
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