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Another perspective is perhaps from the Author's point of view, though perhaps in a limited sense. Newbie authors mostly have to convince publishers to publish their books while best-seller authors kinda have some muscle there.
In that context, would authors choose to have their content distributed with or without DRM? My take is that, they probably don't mind DRM or not, as long as their bottom line is not affected. Matter of fact, if using non DRM can be conclusively proven to increase bottom line, authors, and publishers for that matter, would take it up as well.
From a global point of view, I know for a fact that folks in China would not bat an eyelid to choose 'free' pirated copy over a paying copy, DRM or not. Of late, I got to know some Chinese nationals and they are blatantly using pirated content (music, video, books) without any remorse whatsoever.
Their reasoning is "Since I can duplicate it and use it, then its ok.". In a sense, it's to do more with the whole culture in China, where there is no civic-mindedness, whatsoever. I believe that they will simply choose the least path of resistance, meaning free copy. DRM or not is not the issue for them.
This is something that western publishers may want to look at when approaching Asian markets, especially China.
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