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Originally Posted by tompe
I do not beleive that is true for paper books. Publisher does not expect to sell the same title more than once to the same consumer.
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I agree. And while certainly people lose or damage books from time to time it is an accident or the fault of our own carelessness. It's not externally and willfully imposed. We would feel differently if the publisher just came and took our books back off the shelves effectively because they didn't provide a way to convert DRM content when they stopped supporting it. I don't think most consumers intuitively understand this possibility, either. I think they expect that as long as they back up their data, they will be able to have access to it. Personally, I know that's not true and I keep that in mind when I buy anything DRM-laden, but I don't think I'm an average consumer.