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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Not if it's running on my device, that I have local access to. Encryption is only feasible if you want to keep something secret. You can't show it to somebody and hide it from them simultaneously. Sure, you can make it more difficult for a number of people for some time, but ultimately it's not going to work for a sufficiently motivated adversary. As we've seen time and again, might I add.
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I don't want to get into an extended technical discussion on this one but there is something worth noting: With online applications downloaded as they are used it may become a matter of breaking it each time (different keys, perhaps even different algorithms, per session); the major problem with current DRM (from the publishers perspective) is that one person can make the tools for breaking available to all, even those without the skills to have achieved it otherwise. With an online application it is possible to make it a battle that only the most skilled can continue and so their "problem" could be greatly reduced. (I am sure that the "weaknesses" in current DRM would not be seen as much of a problem to sellers if they only worked for those that had the skills to write them.)
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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
This also means I'm probably not interested, but that might just be me. I like to take my ereader places that have no net access.
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That is a potential issue, but perhaps less and less of one - I've only had broadband here for two years, but in another two years I may even have choices. ... Actually one choice I had longer than that: satellite. For an ereader application the latency issues there would be minimal.
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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Pretty much the same as musicians and other performing artists; they get a cut out of CD sales, but are remunerated for radio broadcasts, public performances etc as well. I don't see an unsurmountable problem here.
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I don't imagine it would be insurmountable, no. But authors are generally not performance artists, so their options may be a bit more limited.