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It was a controversial move, and one that worried other publishers.Īt the time, president and publisher of the US Tor range, Tom Doherty said that the company felt that DRM was a detriment to its readers: In April last year, Tor Books, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Pan Macmillan, announced that it would be removing Digital Rights Management software from the digital editions of its books. One year after Tor launched its DRM-free store, the publisher has said that there has been "no discernible increase" in piracy.
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