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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon
Either -
Right, since it lowers the functionality of the books, it's quite reasonable for the prices of the books to be lower.
Or
Wrong, it's not the customer's responsibility to generate a profit for the publisher, that their their own responsibility.
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I'd like to slightly restate your first point, and say that since DRM reduces the usability of the book (I think that's a better term than functionality) it's quite reasonable for people to consider the value of the book to be lower.
Value doesn't have to correlate with price, things just work better when they do.
Yes it's the publisher's responsibility to generate a profit, that's why they include a share of ALL costs in the price of a product. It's then up to the potential buyer to decide whether the product is worth the price.
DRM costs should be included in the price because a business that doesn't cover the all the costs of production in the price of its products will go out of business. Buyers are then free to decide whether to buy the product or not depending on how well the price matches their idea of its value.
Just because DRM'd books are worth less to many buyers, myself included, does not mean it doesn't get factored in when setting the price.