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Jorgen · 10-03-2006, 04:00 PM

If a book is protected by DRM, you can only read that book as long as you have hardware that can read it and only on that hardware. If (when!) I buy an eInk reader, I will undoubtedly hate to go back and read the DRMed books on a PPC.

So, a reasonable price for DRMed books would seem to be less than one US$.

10-03-2006, 04:00 PM	#9
Jorgen Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 84 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Spain Device: Sony prs-650, iPod, BEBOOK Mini, Nokia n810, iPaq	If a book is protected by DRM, you can only read that book as long as you have hardware that can read it and only on that hardware. If (when!) I buy an eInk reader, I will undoubtedly hate to go back and read the DRMed books on a PPC. So, a reasonable price for DRMed books would seem to be less than one US$.