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Originally Posted by NatCh
Most people (and I mean general population, not MobileReaders  ) either don't understand the restrictions and hazards of DRM or have decided that they're willing to accept them. I'd think that first group would be the larger one.  |
I think most people are simply willing to accept it. I don't take the average consumer to be an idiot (but even if he were, it's not the job of a government to protect him against himself). What those of us who are avid ebook afficionados find "hazardous," isn't necessarily so for the casual ebook reader. I think it's just ignorant to assume the average person doesn't know the restrictions of DRM. It's pretty simple to figure out. I imagine few people who own iPods buy music from iTunes with the expectation that it will work on any player. People definitely know what they're buying but they're don't care because they are content with the hardware they currently have. They're simply not all that concerned with the future in the same way that no one worried about re-purchasing their libraries when vinyl records and VHS tapes were big. The only reason people are making a racket about this issue now is that there are so many different formats at one time because the Internet has made it easier to compete in such areas.
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Originally Posted by msundman
Who in their right mind would want DRM? Why says: "Yes, please shackle me. Take away my rights."???
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The argument that DRM takes away people's rights is dumb. That isn't to say I don't understand where you're coming from. I understand wanting full usability of what you buy. That's why I typically don't purchase files with DRM. When I do, on occassion, purchase something from iTunes (only their exclusive content), I know what I'm buying. As a consumer, I did my end of the job by looking into what I was purchasing. I want to know why anyone would buy any product without knowing a thing about it. That's why sites like Amazon do so well--they allow consumers to review products and let other people know whether its worth buying or not. In order to play my iTunes content on my Creative Zen, I use something like Tunebite to record the files into mp3. Knowing about the product in advanced allows me to prepare. When I buy from iTunes I know full-well what I am supporting. But when they have something I want, when Apple has gone through the effort to get exclusive content that I find worthwhile, I believe it's worth my money to make the purchase. I didn't need the government to decide for me and I never will.