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Originally Posted by p3aul
I also stand by what I stated in my last post. Just because a handful of malcontent posters believe that people are not entitled to copy-protect what they write and sing doesn't mean the whole world thinks that.
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I don't think, having just read through it, that
anyone suggested you didn't have the right to add DRM to any ebooks you produce. Several people even pointed you to ways to do just that.
What has been suggested to you is that
* DRM only inconveniences your paying customers(1)
* DRM on ebooks is easily removed anyway(2)
* DRM does not prevent pirates copying your books(3)
* There are commercial publishers and full time authors making a living who release their books in DRM-free formats(4)
And so if you want to sell as many copies as possible, you'd be better off without the DRM.
You have ignored these points entirely, and implied that anyone who disagrees with you only does so because they want free content.
I am astonished at the restraint of the other Mobileread members. It shows what a good message board this is that the worst insult you've been given is to be called an idiot by one member.
References:
(1) Self evident. Do you really need a reference for this? If it didn't inconvenience customers, no-one would object to it.
(2) MobiDeDRM, Inept, eReader2html, Convert Lit
(3) Apart from removing DRM from eBooks, there are people who will scan and ocr paper books. If someone wants to illegally copy your book, DRM won't stop them, and nor will not having an ebook at all. And, given the ease with which digital files can be copied, it only needs one person to do it.
(4) Baen Books.
http://www.baen.com/ Currently publishing around 70 books a year, all books also available in DRM-free ebook formats, and have been for the past 10 years. Pan Macmillan. Now selling DRM-free ePUB books at their uk web site.