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Old 06-15-2010, 10:22 AM   #56
Rique
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Originally Posted by scottjl View Post
huh? i have no doubt that our ability to remove their DRM is the least of their considerations..
Hi Scott,

I think shrinking their potential market is not the least of their considerations - I'm hard pressed to think of an example of a vendor where their market increased after making their media (and I'm thinking back to all media) more restrictive / less open.

So call me a dreamer, but I do think if Amazon were to make their DRM "unbreakable", it would hurt their market share.

As purely anecdotal evidence, count the number of posts in this forum where someone has stated that s/he won't buy from the Apple store, because of Apple's DRM.

Thanks,
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