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Old 04-04-2011, 02:40 PM   #52
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Originally Posted by stonetools View Post
The whole "DRM is bad because if your device dies, you'll lose access to your library forever" argument is really kind of obsolete these days. In 2007 it had some force: now, not so much. I'm sure people will continue to make it, though.


A lot of people here do say that DRM is intrinsically evil. Where do you think the OP got that language? At least one person has said that he hates DRM so much that he opposes ebook library lending (which needs DRM.)
Yes, the situation's completely different from the last time Amazon dropped a DRM system. Of course Amazon's too big to fail, and has sold so many Kindle ebooks that of course it will support the books it's sold for at least the next twenty years.

Yeah, sure. Want to bet your entire ebook library on it?

I suspect you're referring to me in your last bit. I have said that if it's a choice between having no DRM on the books I buy, or having ebooks in libraries, I'd rather have no ebooks in libraries. But I don't actually think it will come down to such a stark choice.
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