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Originally Posted by stonetools
Well, in reality, buying an e book isn't exactly like buying a car, popular misconceptions to the contrary. Sorry you missed that.
I will say that there is a lot publishers can do to mitigate the effects of DRM. One thing could be to provide a path for someone who wants to migrate from one player to another.But they could do that without abolishing DRM altogether.
I must say, that this and many other posts seem to be saying "DRM is an annoyance to them. They should get rid of it and if it means that the livelihods of people in the publishing industry are undermined, well, f**k 'em. "
This is not a winning argument IMO.
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The thing I believe you are missing is that pretty much no one here but you sees the connection between abolishing DRM and undermining the livelihoods of those in the publishing industry.
Since DRM does nothing to reduce piracy, abolishing it isn't going to increase piracy. That being the case, the presence or absence of DRM will have very little if any impact on the livelihood of anyone not in the DRM business.