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DRM may not prevent piracy, but it might still protect sales

January 13, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 73 Comments

There is a lot of disagreement about piracy and DRM (digital rights management) among thinkers in the publishing space. This post will express a few thoughts about both but, mainly, this post is a plea not to conflate the two into the same discussion. In fact, whether they are part of the same discussion appears […]

Filed Under: eBooks, General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Brian O'Leary, Casual sharing, digital rights management, DRM, O'Reilly Radar

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