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Originally Posted by SmokeAndMirrors
However, I will say that the fact that DRM is used on books that are sold diminishes the effectiveness of DRM on library ebooks. They use the same DRM protocols that everyone knows how to break. It creates an unfair disadvantage to the libraries, who have no way to protect their books because customers already know how to break DRM due to being forced to do so on the books they've purchased.
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But the libraries aren't hurt by this; the only hurt would be to the publisher if one considers it a lost sale--assuming someone who's borrowed and read the book would then go out and buy it.