Today's Circuit's column in the NY Times by David Pogue concerns copy protection in the ebook world. Specifically Mr. Pogue relates his own bad experience with distributing his work free of copy protection:
"Unfortunately, I've had terrible experiences releasing my books in electronic form. Twice in my career, 'blind' people e-mailed me, requesting a PDF of one of my books. Both times, I sent one over--and both times, it was all over the piracy sites within 48 hours, free for anyone to download.
"I've got a mortgage and three kids to put through college, and it broke my heart! Unfortunately, the bad apples have once again spoiled it for everyone else."
Link is to the printable version which hopefully everyone can read without having to log into the NY Times site.
New York Times Article