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Originally Posted by HansTWN
And I don't blame the publishers, I blame the "free" crowd.
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Really, both sides are to blame. Yes, it is human nature to take something for free if you are allowed to do so. That's why the darknet is still popular.
But people are also resistant to change. Publishers are still responsible for showing very little willingness to experiment, to try new financial models. One of those other models may very well function perfectly well without DRM, or with a DRM that is considered unobtrusive to customers. It will most likely be a new publisher that will find the e-publishing model that works, and existing publishers will either have to adapt the new model, or go out of business.