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Originally Posted by webroot
I dont know whether its good to say "drm is a total waste" because then law would be also a total waste because some people break the law. and there is always cases of crime.
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eBook DRM is a total waste because it's ineffective. Dishonest people still steal, honest people still buy -- just as they would if there was no DRM in place. Those who enforce the law need to concentrate on the law breakers, instead of hobbling paying customers with the inconvenience of DRM. To assume that everyone would steal just because eBooks had no DRM is just flat wrong. You also have to understand that DRM (or any kind of encryption) is like waving a red flag at hackers. They love the challenge of breaking the code. And most of the time hackers are not thieves either. And, if you think CEOs of corporations are keeping DRM because it's "effective" or "beneficial" you're highly overestimating the intelligence of the average Corporate CEO. They do it because it's an entrenched practice, that's the way it was done when they came -- and it's pretty safe bet that some of them in the publishing business own stock in Adobe, or have cronies that work there. American corporate decisions are often made for stupid reasons or worse, because of personal greed.