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Re:Why DRM-free comic books are a big deal, even if you don’... by venomsnake on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @03:53PM (#5987125)
Well DRM benefits only the entities that are for various reasons gatekeepers - they have locked the users, platform or own enormous catalogs of IP. And some creators begin to realize that having some part of the audience get away with not paying for content is the lesser evil than jumping trough hoops to be able to get to the users and struggle with institutional censorship.

If you have people reading your stuff without paying you have to figure out how to monetize. If Apple/Amazon finds your work offensive/unsuitable you are DOA.

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Re:Why DRM-free comic books are a big deal, even if you don’... by akgoel on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @04:40PM (#5987379)
That's circular logic. They have figured out how to monetize - by utilizing DRM.
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Re:Why DRM-free comic books are a big deal, even if you don’... by TillE on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @05:26PM (#5987629)
Do they have any evidence that DRM is important for this?

It baffles me that the music industry was very quick to discard DRM despite being the loudest opponent of piracy for a while, and yet everyone else is still locking down their content. And no, before someone mentions it, streaming was absolutely not a factor in their decision at the time.

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