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Originally Posted by JSWolf
We do need DRM for one thing and without DRM, we lose this one thing and it is a big loss.
Without DRM, we lose library eBooks. There is no way to do it without DRM> We need the time limited DRM for library eBooks. So if we get rid of DRM 100%, we get rid of library eBooks. Does anyone think that if publishers do away with DRM, we will still have time limited DRM for libraries?
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The music industry has already sorted this out.
Purchased music -> no DRM
Subscription music -> DRM
Zune, Rhapsody, and other services that offer an "all you can eat"-style subscription service will put DRM on the songs you download via the service (in Zune's case, these will be WMA files). If you choose to buy some songs from them on top of your subscription, those songs are generally DRM-free MP3s (there are still some holdouts that won't sell you a DRM-free copy, but by and large most purchased music has moved to DRM-free MP3s).
Thus libraries could still use DRM to enforce the "subscription" model (it's still a subscription model, it's just that your subscription fee is the amount you pay in taxes to support your local library district) while Amazon and other stores that actually sell you books could get rid of DRM.