Thread: Would you pay more for a DRM free book?
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Old 10-08-2009, 09:29 AM   #56
bill_mchale
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Originally Posted by Jellby View Post
More than what? More than now or more than for a DRMed ebook?

Most people seem to think a DRMed ebook is worth less than a DRM-free one, but they are not ready to pay more for something that is worth more?

If you could find a certain ebook in a DRMed format for $5 and in a DRM-free format for $6, which one would you buy? Would it be different if the DRMed format had been there at $5 for some months before the DRM-free format appeared? And if it was the DRM-free format which had been available for $6 before? What if the DRMed format had been available for $6 and got its price reduced when the DRM-free format appeared?
It makes no difference. Lets put it in simple terms. Publishers are trying to sell us books. If they include DRM, they are essentially restricting our fair use rights of that book. Therefore, they certainly should not be rewarded by paying them more for a DRM free book. Lets also consider that it costs them less to offer a DRM free book (Since most DRM'd books requires the maintenance of a Digital rights server). Further, lets us remember that ultimately DRM serves no real purpose. There are enough people on here who routinely strip DRM to demonstrate that if we want the book DRM free, it will be DRM regardless of whether or not the publishers want it DRM free.

So essentially, what you are asking, is if we are willing to pay more for a product that will allow us to do what we should have been allowed to do in the first place when it costs the publishers less to offer it? I think not.

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