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Originally Posted by Philantrop
I believe such people exist. Either they learn or it'll be their loss sooner or later.
With DRM, they're forever hostages of their ebook vendor and/or supplier of the DRM system.
Be it Barnes & Noble who like(d) to cut people off from their books if their credit card has expired, or Apple who are denying people's heirs access to your digital library, or Amazon who like to wipe their customers' Kindles and remove the entire account.
Or that Japanese comic seller, JManga; they're shutting down and their customers won't be able to download their digital content.
Or just switching to a different reading device - without removing the DRM, how do people get their ebooks transferred? Sure, they can buy them again but that might not strike them as the ideal solution.
And all of this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Sure, whoever is "not interested in stripping DRM" can just ignore it - it's just a really, truly bad idea.
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Maybe we should put out some widely spread articles around this and spread to consumers - with
- Specific examples of HOW - People got screwed over Digital Products they bought.
- An easy way for them to be AWARE and "SUPPORT" the case - Petition etc
As he mentioned, a lot of people dont have time or dont even bother looking into it.