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Originally Posted by Alan
I do not like DRM either. But so far I do not see an alternative for authors and publishers. Unprotected ebooks can be copied indefinitely. Paper books cannot. There has to be some kind of protection against unauthorized use of books. Do you have a better idea?
Alan
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Unprotected music files can be copied indefinitely and somehow the trend is for them to prevail over drm music..
The above kind of reasoning is one of the main reasons commercial e-books are such an insignificant part of the publishing industry and why I am pretty confident that until external pressures come upon it, e-books are going to stay insignificant.
For myself and I guess many book lovers, I value the most the ability to read a book whenever and wherever I want and with e-books this includes on any device of my choosing, so I will stick to non-drm, convertible-drm and print books for now.