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Originally Posted by Happ
The issue about DRM, ebooks, emusic and the like is not going anywhere interesting unless people in the industry realize they are not dealing with it the right way. However, activists for piracy, non-DRM, etc., are not making it any easier because they are using these issues to push for a social and political revolution, and have no regard whatsoever for the problem of how to pay authors; they just want to use without paying.
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There's a difference between anti-DRM and anti-Copyright. It's possible to get rid of overly restrictive DRM (which goes beyond copyright enforcement) without throwing out copyright itself.
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Some middle ground is possible. The industry could come together and realize that DRM, iTunes- and Kindle-like solutions are not fair to the honest user.
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They could. But you're assuming that the industry WANTS to be fair to honest users.
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Why is it not done? Pirates do not want it because their livelihood and raison d’ętre would cease to exist. The industry is too afraid that no one would buy any e-book or e-music if they could just ask a friend to give it them without any risks. And so we go on like this.
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It works both ways. The industry isn't exactly innocent in this either.