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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby
What I wish these Author based postings would consider is that for most of us, in the
US, DRM is the issue as here they make laws based on excuses/subterfuge, in this case
to fight Piracy while the DRM only restricts the use that the user can make of a
legitimately purchased product. The author and publishers have a natural and honest
reason to be concerned about Piracy, which this Blog addressed, but do they really
think that DRM is helping their cause? The blogger could have considered an issue that
effects those who DO purchase ebooks, DRM. No one downloading an ebook for free
has to deal with DRM, it's only an issue for those of us who actually buy our ebooks.
(Or perhaps the author doesn't consider the ebook to be ours, I don't consider it mine
until I have removed the DRM infection.) It is the Author's thinking in regard to this,
the use of DRM scams that I would like to hear. We have to assume that they are the
ones demanding it or at least allowing it.
Luck;
Ken
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The DRM issue does seem to be misunderstood by authors and publishers alike. In the case of movies, blu-ray for example: the movies are encrypted on the discs. This is to prevent piracy. It did not stop piracy in the slightest, but the point with blu-ray is that I can watch the movies on ANY blu-ray player I want, even the one in my computer. The encryption does not prevent me from watching the movie, but DRM does prevent you from reading the ebook on the device of your choice. This is the show-stopper with DRM. In neither case does it prevent piracy, but DRM'ed ebooks do prevent the ebook from being read on the device YOU want to read it on. They seem to misunderstand that when you purchase an ebook it is yours to do with as you please, other than share/copy/distribute.