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Originally Posted by anappo
Or maybe it could happen because they will increasingly see the content industry as less moral? As long as the prevalent e-book business model is considered immoral, it will become increasingly difficult such businesses to claim moral high ground without people spitting in their general direction.
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It could just happen if it becomes increasingly easy to access and use, just as anappo's example indicates. For instance, if for whatever reason Yahoo or Google started offering a fileshare service that its members really latched onto, and books became a major component of that, it would lead to the expected "We gotta do something NOW!" reaction from pubs.
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Most stores don't strip-search people as they leave, but a lot of them have switched to magnetic strips in the boxes that will set off an alarm if they haven't been de-activated when leaving. This is done even though the VAST majority of customers are not thieves--it's accepted because the inconvenience really is minor (I'd say nonexistent, but it does occasionally cause a hold-up at the door when the magnetic wiping didn't work), and ends the moment the customer leaves the store.
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This has been my point about DRM all along: A method that does not inconvenience customers unduly, but still provides useful (though admittedly not perfect) security
is possible. Dismissing DRM out of hand, because the present systems don't work well, is doing the idea a disservice.