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Originally Posted by karunaji
Are we still talking about e-books?
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The entire time, the discussion has been about DRM, which includes ebooks.
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Not if it necessitates people to steal because they cannot load their legally acquired epub books on Kindle or vice versa.
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That's a new one!
'I needed to steal this movie because the BluRay version that I bought did not work with my DVD player!'
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I believe that most people follow reasonable rules. On the other hand, if you think that your customers are incorrigible law-breakers then it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy and they will become thieves.
As an example: Even the London looters spared the bookstores.  I think that people who read books are in general more educated and honest than those who mostly download music and movies from torrents.
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The keyword here is most. Contrary to what many people irrationally decide, DRM is not designed to give customers a hard time. Rather, it's designed to give illegitimate customers a hard time. The side effect is that it can hinder legitimate customers if badly designed.