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Originally Posted by pietrocrazy
They may think that's what they want, but in the long run it's a terrible idea. When people can't get what they want the easy way (libraries), they'll content themselves with getting it another way (file sharing). Then they'll complain about how piracy has ruined the industry, when in fact they could have prevented their own ruin if they'd had the foresight to use new technologies appropriately.
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Precisely. All publishers are doing is forcing people into finding legitimate and or illegitimate means to get what they want.
I think eventually you will see more and more ereader bookclubs popping up on the web for people to share the books they have bought and sprung from drm to be read within their groups.