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Originally Posted by stonetools
So the likelihood is that prices willl stay the same or rise. As to whether there will be significant losses from casual sharing, the purpose of this experiment is to generate data on this issue. There will be solid results in a year or so. If there are no significant losses, I will change my mind on the issue and switch to urging publishers to abandon DRM.
If there are significant losses, well, I don't expect the anti DRMIsts to change their minds, rather their arguments will change.
Its worth noting that Charles Stross agrees that going DRM free won't add to publisher revenues. At best, he hopes that revenues won't go down.
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Could you be a little more specific, please? Not that we don't trust you to keep your word, but it could avoid some embarrassing back-peddling.
