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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Shrug. I have no idea if DRM has helped or hurt my sales. None.
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That's the real problem in all of these discussions, I don't think anyone knows how much (or if) DRM helps or hinders sales. Tor said that removing DRM didn't lead to a discernible increase in piracy, but if it did lead to an increase in the casual lending you described, would they know? Would that be discernible?
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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
I don't disagree. But unlike copyright, it is not a law. It's an arbitrary number chosen by a retailer.
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I'd like to think that copyright terms are based on an analysis of available evidence, but I honestly think they're also arbitrary numbers.