Thread: Is DRM necessary? Should publishers be concerned about piracy?
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Old 10-04-2006, 12:53 PM   #23
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I wonder if those people who are getting pirated e-books are doing it because they don't want to pay for the book, or because they want to be able to use the book now and in the future without the DRM limitations and troubles?

I'm not sure, but I suspect it's almost universally the latter (which fits along with the argument of some that it's not about price, but about convenience, and that people will seek the easiest way to get ebooks, and actually would prefer to pay for them).

Also, because it takes a lot of hours for most of us to read a book, the price/hour of entertainment of books is very small. So I'm guessing that most people would probably not cringe as much when paying for a book as they would for music. That's a tougher argument to carry, but I think it's part of the dynamic for book buyers.
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