[blub]

Some O’Reilly books are available on ebooks.com DRM-free.

[asdefghyk]

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.

[derekp7]

So the best way to combat piracy is to remove the option to purchase the product? Wouldn't that drive people more towards piracy?

[thorin1]

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.