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It doesn't have to prevent all piracy, it has to prevent enough piracy to be cost-effective.
by nerdponx 3y ago
It doesn't have to prevent all piracy, it has to prevent enough piracy to be cost-effective.
- Gigachad 3y agoThese days companies have been able tie in DRM with convenience value add. Rather than fiddle around with epub files, just log in with your amazon account and have everything right there. It's crap from a freedom perspective, but I can see how it actually seems better to the average user.
- caconym_ 3y agoWell, I'm not really convinced it presents a significant obstacle to piracy at all. See my other reply here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36705716 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36705716 In terms of how DRM is cost-effective for platforms and publishers (i.e. why they bother with it at all), it seems much more likely to me that it's primarily meant to prevent fully legitimate post-first-sale transfers of books, e.g. library lending, second-hand sales, and so on. Publishers couldn't do anything to stop post-first-sale transfer of physical copies, but DRM-enabled ebook platforms give them a new lever.