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Old 12-28-2009, 11:14 AM   #56
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck View Post
A lot of DRM has less to do with preventing copying/piracy than with forcing you to continue to use their software, buy from their store, use their hardware to read ebooks, because it's too much hassle to convert them to a different format.
Yep. Also, eliminating the second hand market was a nice benefit. As you say, the real purpose of DRM is to remove fair use and first sale rights, not prevent copyright infringement (which it is incapable of). "Piracy" is just the red herring that they use in order to sucker the public into accepting it.
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