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Originally Posted by Julian
... Yes, in dishonest hands the ability to strip DRM can lose publishers revenue ...
- Julian
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I wonder if (or how much) the publishers "lose" due to such 'dishonest hands'. Many (maybe most) of those who get their ebooks that way would not, IMO, have bought the ebook anyway.
Also I really have a problem with the idea of "lost revenue".
How can you lose something that you don't have? The publisher might "lose" the opportunity of that revenue but they never had the revenue to begin with so they couldn't lose it. Such "lost revenue" therefore is, IMO, no different then the "lost revenue" due to a boycott, lack of interest in the product, or just lack of funds from the potential buyers. It is all "virtual" revenue and doesn't exist in the real world until someone buys the product.