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Originally Posted by netlaptop
Many thanks for your all advice and confirmation!
So now it is clear that we can NOT prevent printing since user can intentionally use ORC to convert to generic text again.
Now I have 2 options in my mind:
1- PDF with "secured" printing restriction: not so convenient with small-screen devices like Kindle 3, Kindle touch, etc.
2-PRC or other friendly Kindle, iPad... format: I personally prefer these formats since they are popularly supported well on various kind of devices. But what is the difference between "no Encrypted" vs "Content Encrypted" of PRC file made with Mobipocket Creator. I personally could not find any differences between them?
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1. Bad for ebook readers, and why prevent printing?
2. You can get retailers to add DRM, but it's pointless, since either tools are still available to strip the DRM (which is the current case), or it will encourage people to not buy your book but to find it on a pirate site where it won't have the irritating DRM.
To prevent piracy you must prevent anyone, anywhere, anytime from accessing your content without the restrictions you place on it. As has been mentioned, so long as your customers can actually read the text, it can be copied. Once copied, anyone can get a copy from a torrent or other distribution means.
Why (apart from innate honesty, which is much more prevalent than you seem to think) would anyone buy your DRM-restricted and/or inconvenient product, when they can get a DRM-free, easy-to-use version of the same product for free?
DRM is a losing proposition, as the record labels eventually figured out. Most publishers are just starting to understand this too. Be ahead of the pack - publish DRM-free.