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Old 02-28-2009, 05:26 AM   #40
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
It's not "ridiculous" at all, unless you'd consider it "acceptable" to photocopy 10 copies of a pBook and give those photocopies to your friends? That's what the law is there to prevent you doing....
Actually, it goes a little further. Forget my friends. It also prevents me from letting my wife read the book I purchased - she has an iLiad.

It also prevents me from using the file I purchased for the Kindle, on my next ereader, if it does not support the DRM. This would be akin to selling books for use in your home, but if you move, you can't take them with you to the new house.

There are reasonable laws. Then there are laws which ban sex until you are 21, or prohibit alcohol, or marijuana, or sodomy, or condoms, Then there is the DMA.

If you don't have the right model and price structure, too large of a percentage of your potential customers will pilfer your product. Price it right, and most wouldn't bother, but would just pay for it. Simple as that.
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