Thread: Is the e-book threatening the future of our literary culture?
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Old 09-04-2007, 02:34 PM   #87
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney View Post
It's the idea that once you have an unprotected electronic copy, you can then copy and share the book with others, and the seller loses revenue because those folks grab your free copy rather than buying one of their own.

That's why publishers use DRM to begin with.

Dennis
You can download illegal copy of almost any book nowdays. So, they are loosing anyway. What is a solution?

I, for example, looking forward for a moment when there is an online shop like baen with the latest books available with baen prices, NON-DRM and of a format similar to RTF or HTML, so I can be sure I can re-read the book any time. From that moment on I will stop buying paper books at all and will spend my money on ebooks.
Right now I am still buying them, like the latest box set of HP books 1-6. What else can I do? Nothing.
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