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Originally Posted by darryl
Yes, at least for audiobooks. And for ebooks, there is scanning and ocr. Perhaps even tts and voice recognition software. It is quite ironic to consider that drm free versions of many books will likely end up being only available from Pirate Sites. Lead us not into temptation ....
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Scanning and OCR or simply have someone type it up.
Cory Doctorow made the point that if you look at the piracy that existed before ebooks were mainstream, and look at the amount of work it took (IIRC he estimated ~8hours per book) and the fact that people were still willing to do it, well that should tell you something about how futile DRM is.
For myself, I wouldn't be willing to do that much work so I'd probably either live with the restrictions or not buy. Or possibly buy and then also download a pirate copy (I'm morally OK with that even if it's technically illegal).