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Old 06-15-2011, 03:38 PM   #103
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Originally Posted by avantman42 View Post
Someone's signature on here says something like "DRM is like saying you have to red the book in our store". That would be one potential way of preventing piracy - only allow people to read the books while they are under surveillance.

Admittedly, I can't see why anyone would buy into such an idea, but just because I (or you) can't see a way to do it, doesn't mean no-one else can see a way to do it.
That's what Kobo and Google's online-only books is. I think it's how Zinio works. It's how some university's digital textbooks work -- you must be online, logged into our servers, to read these books. Admittedly, you could share your password, but that's your *entire* account's password; you can't give a person access to one book.
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