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And what concrete legal benefit is there in terms of the consumer. They still can't legally sell or lend their books. Helen |
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They could legally move their content to a different reader if they need to switch to an incompatible type for any reason, or they could legally continue to access their content if the DRM system should go belly up, and they could legally use their content for various as-yet-unknown experimental and developmental uses that may improve society and advance the state of the art.
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I imagine that there will be more of a push for making de-drming legal if Microsoft buys the Nook and obsoletes the B&N-specific drm. that would leave an awful lot of people very unhappy to lose their books, even if it takes a couple of years for their B&N-specific units to fail.
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Making it legal to remove DRM for personal use would allow a "Remove DRM: Convert your ADE epub & load it to your Kindle" program to be openly sold. It'd allow "convert your kindle books for your nook!" programs. |
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If your profit margin is 5% on a book and you suddenly realize you can increase your profit by 40% by not spending money on useless things like DRM... Or looked at another way, using actual figures: The sales of ebooks in January 2012 was almost 100 Million (99.5) copies...22 cents times 100 million equals $22 million...in 1 Month! You think that is pretty cheap?? Last edited by Turtle91; 05-10-2013 at 10:59 PM. |
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And if they lose 10% sales by saving 22 cents a book and their profits on ebooks are really the 50% or higher that I have seen mentioned (I don't know how much they make but 5% seems low) then they stand to lose a lot more than the 22 million they are saving. And remember that that 22 million is not for each publisher. There may be people in publising firms who earn the equivalent 22 cents a book their company sells. Helen |
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The 5% was just an example, as I don't know exactly what the profit margin is...publishers are very mum on that point. That is why I also showed it as actual monetary numbers based on actual copies sold.
$22 Million no matter how many times it's sliced up is still $22 million...in 1 month...the INDUSTRY doesn't want to pay that much for something that is useless of it's intended purpose. As we see by TOR eliminating DRM - "there is no discernible difference" in the amount of piracy. In the world of business spending 2% on something that doesn't do what it is supposed to is a huge deal....think of it this way...would you spend 2% of your paycheck on a home security service that puts bathroom door quality locks on your house, doesn't install sensors, doesn't put out any signs as a deterrent, doesn't monitor your home for break-ins, and if they DO get notification of a break-in will not call the police because it is too much hassle for such a small scale break-in??? Last edited by Turtle91; 05-10-2013 at 11:37 PM. |
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I don't understand why legalizing DRM removal would instantly mean the end of DRM. Publishers would still be free to impose it on the assumption that it makes casual infringement difficult for the average person that isn't savvy enough to remove it. The tools to remove DRM might be easier to come by, but I suspect DRM would be almost as useful as it ever was for a publisher.
This legislation would seem like it would be a win for consumers and a win for the legal system, with seemingly only minor downsides for publishers (on the assumption that DRM is useful at all of course). Last edited by Ninjalawyer; 05-11-2013 at 09:37 AM. |
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The VCR is a great example -it turned out to be one of the most profitable technologies for the movie industry in its history. Removing the anti-circumvention provisions in the DMCA could similarly help the content industry, but they're too shortsighted to realize that. |
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