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Heh, groupthink is a wonderful thing. Apparently, Scaly Freak doesn't even realise that you don't lend ebooks when you break DRM and send copies of ebooks to others: what you are doing is violating the copyright laws. At least he's honest: there's no talk of backing up and archiving stuff here. What matters is "sharing" (another misnomer) his ebook with others.
Of course, you can't "share" an ebook at all if an author doesn't write a book because its not worth his while to do so. Well-known professional authors-people who write to make a living-are the ones who insist on DRM. NOTHING that has been written on this thread would convince such a writer to give up on DRM, since quite a few folks on this thread oppose DRM precisely because it hinders them from violating copyright (what they falsely call "sharing).
I fear that what will happen is that simply fewer quality novels will be produced, as authors go to other forms of writing where their rights and incomes will be protected. We shall see.
Unless and until the " casual sharing" problem is addressed, DRM will continue.
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