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Old 07-25-2011, 07:30 AM   #253
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck View Post
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DRM does a lot more to force customer lock-in than prevent piracy.
Paragraph 4 from the OP:
"The truth is that DRM is actually about enabling vendor lock-in. Forcing you to stay with the vendor given your large investment in ebooks so that they can enforce a license agreement to “rent” you the book at prices far above “rental” prices and approaching or surpassing full paper book prices. Vendors like Amazon want to take away your “fair use” rights. They do not want you to be able to archive the book as html (so it never gets lost) and they do not want you to convert it to your favourite reader format."
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