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Originally Posted by nekokami
Since DRM adds cost, an open market would provide the opportunity for some genius to lower prices by eliminating DRM. If that proved to be attractive to the market, it could cause publishers to finally shift their demand for DRM. An open market in ebooks is likely to lead to lower costs, in any case-- possibly even lower than Amazon's current prices.
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Publishers just don't seem to believe that getting rid of DRM will increase sales. It appears that they think that a shared file is a lost sale rather than a form of advertising.
It will be interesting to see if the iBook store follows the old "authorized computer" model concerning allowing the files to be shared on a certain number of devices.