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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
The insistence that only the author (or authorized agents, like the publisher) are allowed to declare a price on access to content flies against thousands of years of literary and other entertainment culture.
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Shakespeare probably had enough clout, as part-owner of the Globe Theatre, to influence seat pricing. And he didn't allow print publication in his lifetime, although there were inferior plagiarized versions.
There surely are comparable examples in film, such as when the screenwriter, director, and producer are the same person.
Going beyond text entertainment culture, what about magic shows?
DRM potentially gives to literature rights traditionally enjoyed by other entertainment media.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
You obviously don't care about your readers.
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I'm a reader and I'm fine with DRM. I doubt that library eBook borrowing can work without it. And I doubt that a model where the entire cost of DRM infrastructure has to be borne by libraries will work.
If someone could invent an unbreakable DRM scheme, I think that authors would make more money per book and thus be able to spend more time perfecting them. Breakable DRM is of less value, but most people will respect it.