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I would like to point out that many online venders now take purchased (prepaid) credit cards. Amazon does I am sure.
Many stores will let you use these cards as partial payment (so you can use up those last few dollars and cents).
Pretty safe method of online shopping for purchases under $200.
I doubt DRM will go away in the near future despite protests, boycotts etc. My 86 year old mother (proud owner of a Kindle 3) wouldn't know what DRM is if it came up and bit her in the bum. And if she did know she wouldn't care. She once lent her kindle to a friend so that her friend could read a book she had, but suffered severe anxiety till she got it back.
I do believe, perhaps mistakenly, that publishers/venders are trying to find more reasonable means to allow purchasers to lend books to others in a legitimate and responsible manner and I am sure they will eventually succeed.
As for being treated like a thief, well those who are totally without sin, probably wouldn't notice unless they were accused on a personal level.
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