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Old 02-20-2009, 03:00 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Tools like this will do the opposite - they will only encourage people to buy from publishers who use DRM, and give them the idea that what they are doing is some sort of "success". What we should be doing is entirely the opposite - NOT buy from publishers who use DRM, but from those who don't use it.
I disagree. If DRM is not cracked publishers are going to have no incentive to stop using it. DRM, if it works, is an excellent way for publishers to extract more money from content. If DRM worked, all publishers would use it. It's only because DRM is regularly cracked that publishers eventually realize that DRM doesn't work and stop using it. Just look at the trajectory the music industry followed.
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