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Originally Posted by fjtorres
That happens to consitute the vast majority of the market.
Even among the DRM-aware, like us, the benefits of ebooks often outweigh the encumbrance of DRM. Among the general public that has been buying DRM-encumbered music, video, and games since the last century, it is simply a fact of digital life.
Even in music, DRM only went away because the studios decided that it was the only way to grow an alternative to iTunes lock-in, not because consumers demanded it. And since doing away with DRM hasn't much impacted iTunes' domination, odds are the publishers won't give up their DRM security blanket any time soon.
Like many others, my answer would that unbreakable DRM, if such a thing were possible, would not significantly change my behavior.
DRM is a factor I consider to decide where I buy my digital content but it doesn't decide if I buy or not.
Obviously, I prefer DRM-free, but it's not a religious issue. It doesn't raise my blood pressure.  |
The point about the music industry and iTunes is very apt. DRM is likely to continue if there is no outcry. Then again, if one of the major ebook purveyors folded (say, B&N, or far, far less likely, Amazon) and their customers could not access their books, I could see that becoming some sort of tipping point.
As for me, I'd no doubt whine, grumble, and complain, and probably continue to purchase ebooks, albeit probably slightly less prolifically, and mix in more paper books. Would I consider trying to obtain pirate copies of books I purchased? I'd probably consider it, it wouldn't really bother me ethically, but don't know if I'd be bothered to actually spend the time and energy to do it.