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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
Thinking about it further it really is a false conflict. There is no reason why ebooks sold to the public could be without any DRM while the same ebooks sold to a library system (say Overdrive) for lending to the public could incorporate DRM. Unless the objection is to the whole idea of people being able to read books for “free” from libraries. Then that has nothing to do with DRM and applies just as well to paper books.
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The question is whether the library market is big enough to support the DRM software manufacturers on their own. The argument is that without DRM on books in general, developing and maintaining DRM software would not be a viable business.
But if it's possible while still dropping DRM on sold ebooks, I am perfectly happy for libraries to have DRM on ebooks. Library books
are a temporary loan, and people will be perfectly willing to put up with the minor hassle for the benefit of ebook loans, just like they're willing to put up with the hassle of returning physical books to the library.