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Originally Posted by CyGuy
I agree that some form of DRM may be needed for library ebooks, within limits. Currently the publishers are able to dictate terms to the library: ebooks "wear out" after X reads, pay-per-read, etc. So long as this nonsense is not allowed to continue I would not have a problem with encrypting library ebooks.
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Agree this is a case in which DRM is actually a useful tool. But it's not a privacy-prevention tool so much as a lending-enabling tool. There are also other lending-enabling tools (Kindle and nook lending between individuals) using DRM *or something similar* (IIRC at least some of the books lendable under those programs don't have DRM for purchases at the request of the publisher, but that may be an other issue), and I would actually like to see that model *expand*.