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Originally Posted by RobbieClarken
Not entirely true. If your DRM is sophisticated enough that only 1 in 20 customers have the ability to remove it and only 1 in 1000 customers have the desire to remove it then there is a reasonable chance your book wont be decrypted and shared online. However, as ebooks become more popular and sales increase, the chances that noone will share you book will become increasingly slim.
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It doesn't matter how sophisticated the DRM is. It only takes one and it's being shared on the peer to peer sites. It can also be scanned from a paper book. DRM doesn't stop the massive peer to peer sharing.
In your example it stops 999 from sharing the book with family and close friends which might be seen as having some benefit but this also damages the most reliable method of spreading the word about the book and getting new people to read your book and buy your future books.
It also stops 999 paying customers from 1) being able to read the book on an electronic reading program with the features of their choice 2) having a reasonable ability to read the book beyond 2 years from the purchase 3) read the book on the hardware device of their choice 4) use new features on the book as they're developed (ex: TTS, language conversion)