Right, and you point out something important which is that people who donโt want to pay, people who are pirates, donโt get bothered by the DRM, they go out and buy the cracked books or download the cracked books for free. Itโs only people who are foolish enough to pay for them that get locked into these platforms.
Cory DoctorowMost of the books, music and movies ever released are not available for sale, anywhere in the world. In the brief time that P2P nets have flourished, the ad-hoc masses of the Internet have managed to put just about *everything* online. What's more, they've done it far cheaper than any other archiving/revival effort ever.
Cory DoctorowThe accolade of your peers is very exciting, always. There's lots of good stuff on the ballot.
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