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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The only social DRM that would work (IMHO) is more eBooks at reasonable prices without DRM. The more people would actually purchase eBooks instead of trying to steal them.
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I agree. The basic problem is that DRM in general dosn't work, it's not about whether this specific method of social DRM works.
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But then, now that I can remove DRM, I do purchase more then before I could.
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I'm similar. If I'm buying an ebook that is only available with DRM then I try to focus on the DRMs that are trivial to remove. That way I can always format shift when/how I need to. If it's only available with one of the other DRMs, then I tend to stay away.
DRM has a lot more to do with locking in formats and creating monopolies than it does about protecting the content anyway. It's always advertised as being used to protect the authors, but that's not what it's really used for. Just look at the kindle as an excellent example. Do you think Amazon created a special form of Mobipocket DRM for kindle ebooks because it was better at preventing copying, or did they do it so that they can offer kindle books at a discounted price... but only if you also purchase a kindle reader. In that case, it's pretty obvious that the DRM is designed to lock the ebook format to a specific brand of ebook reader. They're doing it to tie the content with the hardware in order to increase sales.