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I do share eBooks. But I only share with those I know are not going to give them out. That would just be family.
I know pBooks do sometimes go further then just sharing eBooks with family. And you know what, it's women that do the sharing. They buy a pBook, share it with friends who then share it with other friends and so on. Men don't do that nearly as much as women.
If I share an eBook with my mother, she wouldn't know how to remove the eBook from her Reader to give to someone else. So I know I'm not contributing to the eBook getting out by casual sharing.
Even if the eBook didn't make it on the net to be shared, it could get out a lot as you give it to one friend who gives it to another friend who gives to two more friends and so on.
The biggest problem with DRM is that it does restrict what you can do with an eBook. If we only had ePub and not Mobi and KF8, it would make life a lot more easy. I do know some that have learned to remove DRM because the eBooks are not compatible. They learned to strip because the ePub is not compatible with the Kindle and the AZW3 is not compatible with the ePub Reader. So actually, it's Amazon & B&N helping to contribute to this because they decided to go with different DRM and/or a different format. So you the techie buys a Kobo and because you feel the Kindle is easier to use for your Mother, she gets a Kindle. So you buy an ePub eBook and then you cannot give it to your mother, so you learn to strip the DRM when you might not have otherwise. Then you think of giving it to your friend down the road who gives it out and so on. I'm not saying it's totally Amazon & B&N's fault, but they don't help at all.
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