eBook Piracy in 2011

As the eBook Revolution settles into its first year in the mainstream, it makes sense that we’d find the focus shifting back to those nasty eBook Pirates again. Here we’ve got a couple of posts that indicate a subtle shift away from outright panic to something more reasonable where the powers that be may be starting to recognize that simple file-sharing is more likely to encourage sales than kill them.

Here’s a post at Myce.com where publishers are still trying their hand at digitally locking eBooks (DRM) despite the fact that they do not know if it’s effective.

And here’s a story at O’ReillyRadar that underlines the truth that publishers are uncomfortable with: eBook Piracy seems to increase sales…

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