Thread: Why haven't e-book companies patched their DRM?
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Old 03-01-2009, 04:56 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by Robotech_Master View Post
I suppose the "cracked DRM = more sales" theory is one possible explanation, but I'm always a bit suspicious of "conspiracy theory" ideas like that. I mean, given that the publishers are the ones clamoring for DRM, you would think they would insist that e-book vendors keep their DRM secure and uncrackable.
If the DRM vendors changed the DRM, they would lose sales unless they could be 100% sure that all the programs out there that handled their old DRM was updated to also handle the new DRM. How would you feel as a customer if you had say a Gen3 and Mobipocket updated their DRM and started releasing new eBooks with this new DRM but Bookeen did not yet get out a new firmware to allow you to read these new eBooks?
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