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Originally Posted by stonetools
Guess I need to watch it. As for karma, karma reflects popularity -and my opinion on this matter isn't popular. You might want to at least consider that popular doesn't mean right.
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No, popularity is not always "right". Far from it, often.
Actually, I agree with both of our 1. and 2. statements, that DRM makes sure that there is no casual copying and that it is needed for the lending mechanism. You are completely correct, and that's what DRM is originally intended for.
But... There's always a "but".
That same DRM also creates loads and loads of hassle for legal purchasers switching devices, and therefore, possibly formats. There is no *** way the Adobe Digital Editions tells you how to de-authorize a device or computer. There's no menu option! Say someone has a PC, a notebook, a reader, and a tablet. That are 4 devices. Then they get phone and authorize it too, and the notebook breaks and gets replaced.
There you are: 6 devices authorized. And then you switch readers and can't authorize the 7th. And nowhere can be found how to de-authorize an old device, an no clue is given that you even can.
You can de-authorize a computer using the non-shown CRTL+Shift+D option, but the computer has to be working (and the notebook just broke, remember)? I don't even know if you can de-authorize a broken reader without calling Adobe.
Should I call Adobe, when I cannot read my book, as it's their DRM and software? Or should I call the publisher, as they implemented the Adobe DRM? Or the store, as they sold me the book? Or maybe should I call the store where I got my reader? Confusion galore.
And this, making you dependant on the publisher / DRM-provider *forever*, and the resulting possible confusion and even loss of material if you can't solve the problem (or no one will help you to solve it for whatever reason), is what makes DRM evil.
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Originally Posted by spindlegirl
there are people who could out age me with their bbs talk)
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BBS? Oh dear. I haven't even experienced that. I've been online since '97 (since internet became affordable for "normal people", in The Netherlands....) That BBS-stuff must have been 80's or maybe even 70's stuff.