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Originally Posted by DNSB
@Sarmat89's statement was: "Libraries have crappy DRM, so the people borrowing the recent bestseller are more than likely to leak it to pirates."
Emphasis mine.
Can you point me in the direction of a library which uses a DRM system which is not as hard as that used by ebook retailers? If not, your statement that "the DRM libraries use is so easily stripped" which seems to suggest that retailers use DRM which is harder to strip is nonsensical. I've seen quite a few books posted to pirate sites as soon as they were released before the local library had their copies available for lending. A quick look at the formats available suggests that Amazon purchases are the major source of pirated ebooks.
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First it's not my statement, I merely am pointing out what I think Sarmat89 meant by it.
Second I explained that they might use the same DRM, but with the library you're getting the book for free* vs paying for it from various stores. The difficulty in removing DRM from library books need not be harder than removing it from purchased books because the bar for getting them is somewhat lower.
Third I also pointed out I didn't agree with the view because again a single purchase is all it takes for everyone in the world to have a copy. Also I'm sure piracy amounts to fairly little of publishers losses on ebooks.
*Yes yes we pay taxes for libraries, but until someone is able to get a detailed breakdown of the amount of our taxes which goes to ebook licenses the amount is essentially zero given all the other expenses of a library.