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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Yes, and piss of many of your legitimate customers in the process. Way to go!
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Well, depending on how you do it, the customers wouldn't have to be pissed off. That's sort of what I was getting at.
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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Because I like to edit the file sometimes, e.g. fix a few typos, replace the 2 MB .bmp cover with something more sensible (so it loads faster on my reader), things like that. I'm sure there are many more equally valid reasons.
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You're talking here about editing the content of an e-book. This would be beyond the capability of most people even with
non-DRM'ed e-books sold in typical e-book formats today. Hell, most people aren't even going to know how to edit an
HTML file. I'm not saying it's not a legitimate concern. But it's not an issue that 99% of the public is going to care about, so I don't think the publishers would ever make that trade-off. I'm guessing most people seeing a typo are going to think to themselves, "Oh, look. A typo. What a dumbass." They're not going to think, "Oh, look. A typo. I'd better fix that." I can see the desire to either include a fancy book cover or not, but that can be handled in different editions, rather than needing to strip DRM.