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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
... DRM is a low fence. People who like the thrill of going where they aren't invited will see jumping over the fence as a delightful challenge. But a lot of people will be deterred.
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It appears to me that more and more people are coming to realize that once a purchased book is in their own home, any “fences” that may be present are optional. They can be removed at their sole discretion.
These many proprietary formats appear to be an attempt at “vendor/device lock in”, and more and more people are starting to see through this. Format shifting is simply a valid way to correct this. Having a standard format would be an advance in my opinion.
Publishers, vendors, and resellers would love to be able to be able to legislate their way around people’s common sense, I just don’t see this as ever being successful.