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The publishing houses are trying to do by laws what they can't do by honest competition. Oh, they position themselves as the great defenders of capitalism, but their precious market is turning on them. While publishing houses once provided useful services, namely production, distribution, and marketing, these same services are now available free of charge with the advent of the internet. If they no longer provide useful services, how can they expect to survive the marketplace (without the indulgence of the state, of course)?
So what are they trying to protect with their DRM and copyright legislation? Their own (increasingly) parasitic relationship with the art world.
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