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Thanks for the reply. Without meaning offence, do you have any numbers/links to back your statements? I can't exactly present a report to a link to a HN thread

• DigitalSea 14y ago
  No worries dude. No offence taken, here are some links to various articles about why DRM is bad, including one about how DRM is crushing Indie booksellers. I'm sure there are more links and studies out there, but this should be enough to make a decent argument. DRM is crushing indie booksellers online http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/06/drm-is-crushing-indie-booksellers-online/ http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/06/drm-is-crushing-indie-book... It's time for a unified ebook format and the end of DRM by Joe Wikert http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/02/unified-ebook-format-end-drm.html http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/02/unified-ebook-format-end-dr... Cutting their own throats by Charlie Stross http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/11/cutting-their-own-throats.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/11/cutting-... Why DRM-Free eBooks Are a Very Good Thing by Laurie K http://www.stellarfour.com/2012/04/why-drm-free-ebooks-are-very-good-thing.html http://www.stellarfour.com/2012/04/why-drm-free-ebooks-are-v... Study: Freedom Of Expression Vs. DRM: The First Empirical Assessment by Patricia Akester http://www.ip-watch.org/2009/05/25/freedom-of-expression-versus-drm-the-first-empirical-assessment/ http://www.ip-watch.org/2009/05/25/freedom-of-expression-ver... Study: Are Digital Rights Valuable? Theory and Evidence from the eBook Industry http://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2004/42/ http://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2004/42/