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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scribble" data-source="post: 4755791" data-attributes="member: 23977">I don't dissagree here, but I don't think their goal is to defeat all pirating of their stuff. I think their real goal is to stop the "casual pirate." The guy who would ordinarily buy the PDF, but can't resist the ability to get the exact same thing for free.The scanned books are not the same. From what I've heard they're generally much larger file sizes, and lack most of the functions someone who likes pdfs generally wants. (Small size and ability to cut/paste being on the top. )Those aren't going to realy tempt a person who would ordinarily buy the PDF to DL it instead (execpt maybe to see if he/she really wants to buy the book.) And that said, DRM isn't the only way to protect the electronic version. DRM is annoying. I never bought any itunes stuff because of DRM, I can't stand the ipod. There are other ways to make the data less easy to casualy pirate, while still offering the consumer everything they need from an electronic product. (And possibly more then a simple PDF can offer.)</blockquote>