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Originally Posted by thibaulthalpern
I partly agree and partly don't agree. Yes, DRM can be removed from SOME books but not everyone is going to be able to do it nor everyone is going to have the time and energy to do it. So, the effects of DRM that limits its distribution is not null. In other words, it's not a moot point.
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This year, I gave one of my friends a Sony PRS-505. In turn, her aunt got hooked and went right out and bought one. So I was obviously happy to share my (non-DRM) content with them. Despite very detailed instructions on how to import via either the Sony Library software or via Calibre, they both experienced the human equivalent of blue screen of death...
Even just giving them the content on an SD card and experiencing the delay associated with the reader... well, er... reading all the new content caused them to panic that there was something wrong and they both started hitting buttons like monkeys on crack.
Yeah, there are always going to be hackers who will take advantage of the system and steal content (like getting movies illegally over the internet). However, the vast majority of people aren't going to expend the effort to learn how to circumvent the system and would just prefer to plunk down 15 bucks for the instant gratification of buy the book legally.