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Originally Posted by DaleDe
Adobe DRM and Amazon topaz DRM and Sony DRM have not been broken. It is not a given that all DRM is broken.
Dale
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Dale, I don't think anyone ever said that all DRM schemes were broken (Though I pretty much can assure you that given enough resources pretty much any DRM scheme is breakable). I did, however, say that DRM would not stop a dedicated pirate. I do admit I pointed to all the references to removing DRM from applications as an example and if I implied that that was what I meant by stating that DRM cannot stop pirates, I apologize.
What I ultimately mean is that dedicated pirates, specifically those who are looking to somehow make an illegitimate profit off of a copyrighted work, will always find a way to break DRM and/or to get around it. Getting around it might be as simple as simply reading and typing the book into a new file.
There is no way to stop such pirates at the level of the actual ebook. The only way to stop such piracy is to actually find them and prosecute them.
Most other "pirates" are simply those who want to shift the format of the work (which is perfectly legal) or maybe share the work with some close friends or family, which might be technically illegal, but probably does no more harm (and might encourage future sales) to the authors or publishers than the current practice amongst paper book readers of trading books.
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Bill