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Originally Posted by tompe
Well, Tor books are sold without DRM so why would they not make books available?
As I said, for the publisher it does not matter if you do not erase the book after you have read it since you will not buy the book anyway.
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You won't read the book again and neither will I. many others do. And some of them even buy it.
But this is not what the publishers worry about. They worry about the honest systems who see no harm giving a copy to their mother and their sister etc. who may give them to a friend or their mother-in-law, who may in turn give a copy to their inlaws or friends.
And then their are the pirates. Jim Butcher had a study done that found there were 10 of his books pirated for every one sold. Even if only 1 in 10 people actually read the book and would have bought or borrowed it legitimately he is probably out a million or so.
You keep saying the authors and publishers and libraries could give up DRM but you give no reason they should other than that you think they could.
Publishers like Tor who have no DRM are not AFAIK gaining sales. They say they aren't losing sales, but they aren't further ahead and as HarryT pointed out they do not do DRM free for the library.
Why anyone would expect publishers to remove the security measures they feel work at least somewhat is beyond me.
Do you expect the stores to remove their security cameras and leave the doors open at night. Should the banks just pile up the money and letus take what we want? A bit extreme examples I know, but I think it is a bit obstinate of you to expect the publishers etc. to give up DRM just because most of the music industry did. The majority of individuals and businesses and even governments employ some sort of security measures, most of which can be defeated by the determined. Do you protest all of these? Or is it just ebooks and their creators and publishers etc. that you complain about.
Just curious as that seems like discrimination to me.
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Helen