Tor Books UK Says Ditching DRM Showed No Increase In Piracy
Found on Techdirt on Thursday, 02 May 2013
It doesn't stop infringement, because the DRM is always cracked, and the crack always leads to a clean version. And once you have a clean version, it's available everywhere. Those who want to infringe will do so.
"As it is, we've seen no discernible increase in piracy on any of our titles, despite them being DRM-free for nearly a year."
There will always be piracy, but without DRM more users will consider to actually pay for something that's not locked down in the most annoying ways imaginable.