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Originally Posted by cfrizz
No, Alf & Calibre will simply evolve right along with them.  |
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calibre can, it seems, unintentionally inter-operate with DRM-breaking software. But it probably does not have to.
And it could be relevant that Narendra Modi, who became India's prime minister today, is reputed to support stronger intellectual property protection. Maybe, in some indirect way, this could, one day, result in Kovid Goyal being asked to change the software design a bit.
You could say that people would just switch to another eBook software package. But calibre is extremely popular, showing up on lists of the most downloaded Open Source software. It would take many years for someone else, presumably with a hidden identity, to develop an equally good alternative. Or maybe there never would be an equally good alternative.
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Originally Posted by cfrizz
There will always be someone that will find ways around stuff like this just because it's there.
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Agreed. But this is true of almost all rule-breaking behaviors. A lot of humans will always scale fences. DRM doesn't have to be anywhere near unbreakable to still be effective most of the time. Being just a little better might make a big difference in compliance. (Or, maybe, compliance is already pretty high.)