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Old 12-03-2010, 04:34 AM   #115
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Actually we're talking about what the market will bear.
As I've said, consumers are willing to put up with it under certain circumstances, but the fact remains that it takes away from the product, makes it less usable than it would otherwise be. It's "defective by design", as it has been so eloquently put, and it never ever benefits the consumer.

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At the moment the market apparently shows that people want these books enough that they will purchase them even with DRM applied.
Isn't that what I said? "Will put up with it". That's certainly not a vote in favor of it (or "inclined to support it", as you put it).
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