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Originally Posted by binaryhermit
That seems somewhat out there.
And like you said, DRM doesn't stop those determined to copy books.
Like, IIRC someone uploaded pictures of every page of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to the internet a few days before the book actually came out and the internet.
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Yes. Though it might've been a earlier volume.
They got ahold of a copy from a distributor warehouse.
Also, I hear some pirate videos ripped from disk are released before they hit stores the same way.
Deathly Hallows was pirated by a group that each bought a midnight (UK) copy and scanned one chapter. Then it was proofed, chapter by chapter, until the book was complete and nearly perfect on USENET before morning in the US.
Most determined case I heard of, from before Pottermore, was that somebody scanned and meticulously proofed the entire Potter series and released dot-by-dot pdf replicas of the books, including the illustrations and covers, to highlight to Rowling that witholding the ebook versions only provided a reason to get pirate versions. Must've take months or a small army but theyhad a point to make, much as the creators of the various DeDRM tools over the years.
DRM doesn't deter determined pirates. It only hampers buyers from being overly liberal in lending to friends and family. And often, not even that.