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Originally Posted by Penforhire
Nekokami, I fall squarely in the fair use camp. But... in your hypothetical situation you may (hah, not likely) have paid a discounted price because of the DRM limitation. If so then you ARE cheating by stripping the DRM and reading it on another device.
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If you're referring to my post above about reading files on multiple devices, that's why I specified content without DRM.
By its nature, DRM adds to the cost of producing a book (licensing fees, processing effort, customer support, etc.). I don't know if this cost is offset by the reduced costs to produce copies of and distribute the book, though I would hope so. Regardless, a DRM'd book actually costs more to produce and support than a non-DRM'd book, whereas the value to the consumer is likely to be less. This presents a bit of a conflict for publishers. They'll need to decide if the "protection" offered by DRM is offset by the lower profit margin if they price a DRM book per its lower value to the consumer (and consumers, of course, may or may not react toward DRM the way many of us here do).