The theory of a light, convenient electronic book reader is quite appealing to me, but I want to own my books – which should include the options of backing up, of transferring to another device, of reselling, of trading, of gifting and/or of lending them as I see fit.
DRM handcuffs these freedoms -- unless of course one resorts to “hacking” off the restrictive encryption codes, which IMHO is improper if not downright unethical.
In any case, given that DRM can now be readily circumnavigated, where is the real point to its overly encumbering existence and won’t the power of the Internet consumer win in the end?
