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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I can't imagine any DRM system that doesn't impose unreasonable restrictions on the use of the digital files to which it's applied.
Well, one. 'Social' DRM, where the purchaser's name is put into metadata in the ebook, along with useful stuff like date of purchase, and from whom the book was purchased. But with no other restrictions or encryption.
I would not object to such a system. In fact, I would find it very useful.
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I've been itching to say that all week, because if publishers really only cared about stopping heavy casual sharing as stone says, that would be enough. I feared bringing it up would open a can of worms.
But since you said it first...
I would be happy with that method too. A sort of receipt embedded in the book.
I could read my books on any device and share them in the same limited way as I do my pbooks - with my trusted family and best friends.
It wouldn't be any easier to remove than the current DRM, and people who are stopped by not wanting to strip wouldn't be likely to plop them out there on Facebook with their names etc in them.
I don't think they'll go for it, because they actually want to stop the same level of sharing we do with pbooks.