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rkomar · 11-30-2010, 02:50 PM

Sooner or later, the bozos in the DRM business will figure out how to do it right (i.e. make it practically unbreakable by the average Joe). They more or less have done so for Blue-Ray video, and there's no reason to think that they can't do it for e-books eventually. Everyone who is okay with DRM because they can strip it off at the moment, think about what it will mean for you when you can no longer do so.

Personally, I don't like where the industry is headed with this, so I refuse to buy any books with DRM. Not only do I not want them to think they have my tacit approval, I also do not want them to use my money to help them perfect their dystopian schemes. So, please think about the original question of this thread: "DRM: What did you buy?".

11-30-2010, 02:50 PM	#88
rkomar Wizard Posts: 3,058 Karma: 18821071 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	Sooner or later, the bozos in the DRM business will figure out how to do it right (i.e. make it practically unbreakable by the average Joe). They more or less have done so for Blue-Ray video, and there's no reason to think that they can't do it for e-books eventually. Everyone who is okay with DRM because they can strip it off at the moment, think about what it will mean for you when you can no longer do so. Personally, I don't like where the industry is headed with this, so I refuse to buy any books with DRM. Not only do I not want them to think they have my tacit approval, I also do not want them to use my money to help them perfect their dystopian schemes. So, please think about the original question of this thread: "DRM: What did you buy?".