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Originally Posted by murraypaul
Those are not things bookshops can decide to do.
They can't just sell eBooks without DRM, that is up to the publishers.
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They can refuse to sell DRM encumbered ebooks. Remember DRM is NOT about stopping piracy. Apple ended DRM on music. The Publishers would soon drop it. It prevents users moving content between their own platforms. It benefits Amazon the most, who now ignore the Publisher "no DRM" check if you get the ebook in KFX format.
Home taping didn't kill music sales.
MP3 sharing didn't kill music sales.
The high price of CDs did. An old release they've made the money on can be x2 to x4 the price of a DVD! Or more than the cost of average paperback. That, not streaming or poor content is what has killed CD sales.