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JSWolf · 10-09-2007, 09:39 AM

For some people books are an investment no matter then format. And yes, they want them to be readable for a LONG LONG time. DRM may very well screw them over on this. To some people not all books are a throw away commodity. The books is still viable, the text is still text.And as long as I have a program or device that can read these books, then I should be ok for as long as I want. But I'm not, the DRM may very well force me to repurchase or do without.

Now we have DVDs that the consumer who LEGALLY purchased may possibly not play on a LEGALLY purchased DVD player. And it's not just a matter of a firmware update and you are good to go. Some of these DVD players don't have a firmware to update to to play them. Because they did the LEGAL thing and did not download a cracked copy, they are shit of ot luck. Thank you DRM once more.

10-09-2007, 09:39 AM	#126
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,140 Karma: 148951761 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	For some people books are an investment no matter then format. And yes, they want them to be readable for a LONG LONG time. DRM may very well screw them over on this. To some people not all books are a throw away commodity. The books is still viable, the text is still text.And as long as I have a program or device that can read these books, then I should be ok for as long as I want. But I'm not, the DRM may very well force me to repurchase or do without. Now we have DVDs that the consumer who LEGALLY purchased may possibly not play on a LEGALLY purchased DVD player. And it's not just a matter of a firmware update and you are good to go. Some of these DVD players don't have a firmware to update to to play them. Because they did the LEGAL thing and did not download a cracked copy, they are shit of ot luck. Thank you DRM once more.