Ralph,
Ummm... That's a stupid paragraph??? For two reasons. First, putting in DRM is *MORE* likely to make average readers opt into finding/acquiring 'hacked' ebooks. Second, the more complex the DRM, the more it locks the average reader into one hardware platform, the more likely a reader is going to say "NO" to authors who insist upon using that vendor. Case in point: Embiid. Now Embiid worked great on the Windows PC platform, and not nearly so great on the PalmOS platform and NOT AT ALL on Windows Mobile, Linux or Mac platforms. You might note that Embiid is no longer in business and at least one set of authors, Steve Miller and Sharon Lee - who write wonderful stories about Liad and the Korval clan - now offer many of their books - in ebook format - through Baen's Webscriptions -- *SANS* DRM!
Derek
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Originally Posted by RalphTrickey
Think about that paragraph, that makes no sense. You're linking two unrelated things.
DRM is mean to prevent caual piracy. It's meant to keep me from handing out copies to all my friends. It's unlikely to ever prevent copying by the hackers. The fact that it locks you into a vendor harms the industry if anything. I'm not willing to buy anything that's doesn't have a breakable DRM because I will read my books again years later. I'm not willing to buy them again if the vendor went out of business.
DRM isn't going to lock you into a vendor, the authors that they have signed are going to lock you in.
There are a bunch of DRM vendors because it's profitable if you can become the market leader, and because creating a DRM solution that will prevent 99% of the people from cracking it is an easy problem to solve.users.
Ralph
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