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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Even ignoring all that, the simplest rule isn't always the best to go by. Leaving products unprotected usually leads to theft... which is exactly what is happening to e-books. That is a simple fact.
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That "simple fact" is just flat-out not true.
Baen Books sells all its e-books without DRM of any kind. And they are making a profit. If you ask them nicely, they will probably tell you how.
But in the meantime, please don't spread the untruth that DRM is necessary to keep publishers getting paid for their books. Baen Books proves it is untrue, and as such it is not a constructive contribution to the conversation.
Correct information is absolutely necessary for people to make good decisions.
And the other thing I have been itching to say all along is that DRM usually ends up hurting innocent people (customers who have paid fair and square for their books and then don't get to use them) and doing nothing to stop real criminals (to the extent that unauthorized copiers could be said to be real criminals, but let's go with it for the sake of argument.)
Hurting innocent people while doing nothing to stop real criminals sure looks evil to me.