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Re:O’Reilly Learning platform no longer as a benefit of your... by blub on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @02:09PM (#30935503)
Some O’Reilly books are available on ebooks.com DRM-free.
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Re:O’Reilly Learning platform no longer as a benefit of your... by asdefghyk on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @04:47PM (#30937269)
Its why they shut down. TO much piracy. All the Oreilly ebooks I purchased had no DRM and I purchased a lot. Was a VIP customer - but maybe it was widely handed out - I do not know.
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Re:O’Reilly Learning platform no longer as a benefit of your... by derekp7 on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @06:23PM (#30938214)
So the best way to combat piracy is to remove the option to purchase the product? Wouldn't that drive people more towards piracy?
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Re:O’Reilly Learning platform no longer as a benefit of your... by thorin1 on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @07:08PM (#30938579)
Exactly.

Nothing changed for people who were pirating their books. They are still freely available on the Internet.

And people who were buying their ebooks can't anymore.

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