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Old 12-17-2011, 07:01 AM   #64
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
That's precisely why DRM is a non-issue for the overwhelming majority of eBook readers. They buy a reader, and shop at the store associated with the reading device. Kindle owners buy at Amazon, nook owners buy at B&N, Kobo owners buy at Kobo. Most of those people have probably never even heard of "DRM".
People with ADE based readers have to know of DRM because they have to authorize their readers. So they are one up on a lot of Kindle users who don't know about DRM. The ePub crowd is going to be more informed and better able to make correct decisions on what is best for them. The Kindle crowd is not going to make proper decisions based on what's best for them and they will end up in a cage built by Amazon. They won't know enough about DRM and they won't be stripping/converting. So if they someday decide to forgot the Kindle for a different reader, they won't be able to take their purchases with them. They will be locked in the Amazon cage.
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