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Originally Posted by Caltsar
I don't think DRM is completely evil in itself, but the current implementations are pretty horrible... with ADE being the closest to sane DRM you can get (support by multiple manufactures built in being a major plus).
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I find ADE the worst of all, personally. It requires a server, somewhere in the world, to be turned on, so you can "activate" your device and actually read your book. The one FW had was the best, I think. Just use a key. Your book is scrambled with that key, and you can unscramble it, on your device, without any internet connection at all.
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Originally Posted by GeoffC
DRM doesn't, currently , bother me - though it's been a long while since I bought any books that were so infected.
My original reader is going strong.
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DRM doesn't currently bother me, and I bought my latest DRM-infested books last week. And I can read those books on all my devices. (Kindle, Sony, WinCE, Windows)
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
So explain to me, why does DRM "please the customer"? What advantage does it offer to the customer? How does it improve the current and future experience of the customer?
These are fair questions to ask....
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Sadly, some writers demand DRM. Even though it's a fake protection. If it makes a difference in whether they'll publish electronically (with DRM) or not at all, I'd say the DRM does help the customer.
I really think we
will see the end of DRM. Once the ebook has gained so much momentum that you'd be crazy if you didn't publish electronically. That's the time when you can make demands, as customer, because you have power (again). You already can see it happening. There are a lot of English authors (writing in English, I mean), that don't have DRM on their books. But in the US, electronic reading is slowly moving up. Here, in the Netherlands, where electronic reading (in Dutch) is just over a year old (at least, they started selling seriously in september 2009) and the collection is still rather small. The amount without DRM can still be almost counted on one hand... Most publishers here still won't believe that the ebook will be the mass market paperback of the future...