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Old 10-15-2011, 07:33 AM   #293
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Every single one of you just repeated the drm is ineffective against piracy argument. It's true - and irrelevant. Drm is meant to prevent casual sharing by the average user- a much bigger threat. Ok, I'm going to stop here because I need to get on the road and folks either can't or don't want to understand that concept they just want to recycle the argument that they are comfortable with, as if it's a familiar hymn. Cool. I see the personal attacks have restarted too. I think we have all seen the end of this movie. Bye.
Why shouldn't the casual user be able to share, just like with a pbook or magazine?

Why shouldn't the casual user be able to make a backup copy that doesn't rely on the seller?

Why shouldn't the casual user be able to read their book on any of their devices at any time?

Why?

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