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Originally Posted by epiphany
I suspect that if Amazon went DRM-free there would be a lot more books popping up on the 'darknet' than there are now.
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Nope; there are tons of drm free mf ebooks from Fictionwise - good luck finding most on p2p; it's all about
popularity, drm has nothing to do with it as exemplified by the
multitude of books available on p2p and not available in commercial ebook format of any kind, drm'ed or not.
Most people sharing books with their friends are not going to go put the book on p2p, but if they *cannot* share with friends, they may just go there to get a copy they *can* share. One more reason drm is evil since it induces mass legal disobedience and any law/practice that does so is *evil*
Note that
popularity may not mean bestseller only - though definitely those qualify - but popularity in certain circles.