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Originally Posted by BWinmill
I would also argue that both sides are blind to real issues. I mean, it's easy to point fingers at the paranoid for misinterpreting people's motivations. On the other hand, the publishers and software developers are getting a wee bit aggressive in their attempts to lock down, monitor, and market to consumers. There have also been cases where that aggression crosses the line to abusive to the rights of consumers and even civil rights.
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I can't argue with that, except to point out that it's been the total lack of cooperation between the two sides (publishers and consumers) that has been the direct cause of "aggressive" sales, marketing and format-protection on the part of publishers, and over-reaction on the part of consumers (attacks of publisher actions with no attempt to understand why those actions are being taken). There is clear fault on both sides.
Personally, I'm most frustrated by being tarred by the brush being lathered on publishers, when I'm in fact not guilty of the transgressions and indiscretions they commit. I've spent time on both sides of the issue, since 2005, trying to be fair to both sides (and including not using DRM on my books). But I am often lambasted for trying to bring both sides together, and emphasizing that ultimately one side won't exist without the other--it's in everyone's best interest that both sides stop fighting and find common ground.