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Old 03-23-2011, 05:33 AM   #384
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Originally Posted by OtterBooks View Post
I personally do not care about DRM on my ebooks or feel restricted by it in any way. I differ from most DRM-apathetic folks in that I'm aware of it and the arguments against it, and I've made an informed decision to not give a crap. I appreciate that others have a different experience. Then again, I mostly use my ereader for public domain material (with the occasional purchase here and there), and any book I truly value I buy in hardcover. I still <3 physical books.
You are aware the the potential problems with DRM, but you are not worried about them because you have no significant investment in DRMed ebooks.

I am not personally worried about DRM problems because I don't buy DRMed ebooks if I can't strip the DRM, and I do that as soon as I've bought them.

(I do have personal experience of DRM problems. Without DRM stripping, I would have lost access to a few tens of ebooks. Most in the Overdrive withdrawal from Fictionwise, some from the HarperCollins and CyberRead shutdowns.)

I am worried about DRM for naïve customers, and even for the publishers and retailers. It's an accident just waiting to happen.
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