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Originally Posted by nashira
Treating a whole populace like convicts because of a minor group who pirate is dubious practice. Especially when the DRM can make it far more irritating than finding an illegal copy. I buy my books, but I choose not to buy books I would otherwise read because of the DRM hassle (and Geographical Restrictions, which is another PITA) and not wanting to let them think it's a good idea to put it on in the first place.
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DRM doesn't treat everyone like convicts anymore than locks on houses or cars do so, or security tags in libraries and stores do so. If *you* feel treated like a convict, I think that's your issue.
And your decision not to buy books with DRM is a political decision. It's fine as it is, but 99% of the book buyers select books that they *want to read* and don't really care about DRM. Most people stay within their infrastructure and buy books from B&N or Amazon or Kobo and aren't really bothered by DRM at all - to the extent that they even think about it, they tend to just accept it.
My mostly non-techie sister has a Kindle. It would make no practical difference to her if all of her books were drm'd or if none of them were.