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I disagree. Let's say I bought ebooks in eReader format which I cannot break the DRM on as of yet because I was planning to get a PDA to read them on. Then I see the Sony or Cybook or iLiad and want one of those. All my eReader format books are USELESS! Because of the DRM, I cannot convert them to a format I could then use. I'm either stuck reading on the computer or I buy them again in a different format. This tower of ebabel and DRM are causing the slow sales of ebooks. If I could purchase device X from vendor Y and read ebook A on it and if I decided to get device Q from vendor W and still read ebook A without having to buy a device that is compatible with ebook A, then we'd all win.
Ebook piracy comes about because you have a book in a format your new device cannot read or you cannit read it because of the DRM. So you go looking for it cracked. Then you find outher books cracked, so you download those too. Also, because publishers do not release as many ebooks as they should, we get piracy due to the fact that people want their books in eform and cannot get them.
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