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Originally Posted by tirsales
DRM is no fair deal.
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That doesn't matter. What matters is, if a consumer wants a DRM'd product, and the DRM does not upset them as much as not having the product,
they buy the product. Examples: iTunes; Adobe; Kindle; Electricity; Gasoline. Example of DRM'd product that does not satisfy most users: Microsoft... witness the drive to Macs and Linux.
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Originally Posted by tirsales
DRM gives you NO security - none whatsoever.
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Again, doesn't matter, for the same reasons described above.
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Originally Posted by tirsales
Thus it will only lead to people breaking DRM (because they want to read their books on their iLiad, after their Sony broke).
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I expect this fact to lead to either all e-book creators switching to ePub (or an equivalent), and allowing owners to freely convert into whatever reader they have... OR for conversion SW to be available, legally or otherwise, and used regularly. The publishers can decide which they think will be a better solution...