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Only three ways I can think of at the moment to make ebooks lendable with sufficient security is to make them difficult/expensive to copy, unbreakable DRM or online verification. I don't personally see these as advantageous.
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The best security against unauthorized copying is actually to make purchases more valuable than darknet editions.
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1/2 or more so. Autographed editions would be valueless if everyone got one. Include the paper book maybe an incentive to a small percentage. It is being done, but I hear no sales of spectacular success. Can't give extra content because that could be pirated as well. I am stymied. Helen |
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For starters, there is the whole "offering less hassle" thing... one of the big drivers of piracy is that sometimes hunting down badly-formatted ebooks hidden somewhere on one of 15 different torrent indexes is easier
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Lots of people buy DVDs and go to movies, because they want the DVDs or like the giant screen. Not sure how DVDs are more convenient, I have thousand or so but have long since transferred anything I wanted to to hard drive. I don't watch much TV but my sister does, and she loves the shiny cases. My sister buys a DVD or so a week and wouldn't have a clue how to pirate. Doubt she would even if she knew how. My point is that those that go to the movies because they like the experience or buy DVDs because they feel they are value added already do so. They are not the pirates. (well maybe a few of them are) But where is this added value in the sense that it has been added to make buying more attractive then piracy as the article seems to imply? Many movie theatres have grown smaller than they used to be with smaller screens and the seats are smaller and the popcorn is certainly not any better IMO. (used to be popped fresh and had real butter at one time even at the drive in ![]() Making it cheaper and easier to buy will definitely cut back on new pirates, but unlikely to deter those who do so already. Well again I am going on and on. Sorry for that. Helen |
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Cheaper has nothing to do with it, and you are right -- most people don't pirate.
Some people would pirate regardless -- they have some sort of fetish for not paying for anything. Most people only pirate when they are in a situation where they are being actively prevented from purchasing from the rights-holder. I think that qualifies as "make buying [not] more attractive". ![]() Thank you for agreeing with me. ![]() |
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(Oh, and should anyone wish to use/swipe/steal that license for their own use, have at it. Be my guest, just don't say you wrote it. Leave it unattributed, or credit "Robert L. Hood" if you feel the burning need to credit someone.) Last edited by Rev. Bob; 07-24-2014 at 06:25 AM. |
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