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Originally Posted by gmw
I wondered when this one was going to turn up, I even found myself a suitable Simpsons quote ready:
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I see a difference between not keeping to unreasonable terms unilaterally imposed upon me, but in a way that does no harm to the other party, and not paying for a service I receive.
But I was probably wrong to bring the "a corporation is not a real person" argument into it. We can leave that for another thread.
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Originally Posted by gmw
And I agree ... although would be inclined to argue that there is DRM as it is currently implemented vs DRM the concept. The fact that people decide which rules they want to obey is the reason why companies spend so much time and effort looking for effective DRM (as opposed to what they may have right now).
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What a convoluted argument, and just as circular. People circumvent DRM which is why we must use DRM...
As for "effective DRM", in terms of encryption there isn't any. However, I wouldn't object to social DRM that added a (nicely formatted) section or page to the start of an ebook, giving details of when, where, and by whom and for how much it was purchased. Keeping track of where I bought ebooks and how much for is hard — thank goodness for a good email archive.