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Originally Posted by rlauzon
Because the Content Cartel wants consumers to get comfortable with the idea that they can no longer own a copy of something. They want the consumer to get used to the idea that every time they want to read that book, watch that movie, listen to that song, that they have to pay someone for the privilege of doing so.
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If that is the case, then...
1. They need to define that in the purchase agreement, etc. For example, while I only "license" software the license tells me what that term is, a month/day/in perpetuity, etc. This is not the current agreement when a pbook is bought.
2. They need to drastically adjust the price. For example, I spend $6 to watch a movie at a theater one time. I spend $2.99 to rent that move for perhaps 5 days with no limit on number of times watched. I spend $30 for a DVD copy of that movie to watch unlimited times. All of those are well understood, and also there are reasons the pricing is different. So, I would be happy to spend say $3 to read a book once, which means I also have to pay $3 for my wife to read it.
Still, in neither of the above cases is DRM needed.