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It turns away more potential customers. The DRM has helped absolutely nothing to protect against copying. The book is already out there on the net as a now "DRM
by rollover 9y ago
It turns away more potential customers. The DRM has helped absolutely nothing to protect against copying. The book is already out there on the net as a now "DRM-free" PDF. It's a shame that illegally downloading it is currently the only way to get the format that many customers would be happy to pay for. If I were the author I'd hurry up and quickly put a DRM-free version on a service like Leanpub.
- ricardobeat 9y agoAbsolutely. There are even studies [1, plus another recent one I can't find atm] suggesting that piracy can increase overall revenue due to larger exposure. [1] https://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=555064031119107009087090066120004096018036019060022069010066113091124088029068011088027107042044056060004121002105110021004111107084089093088010110069125096027110091077082120021105087016006012010082120099101070093073123090116112089099022073125123026&EXT=pdf https://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=5550640311191070...