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OK, I first excuse for not reading the thread all trough. (have very limited time at the moment).
So, I'm not an author, but a consumer and my opinion to that DRM stuff: It's just ugly, useless crap, trouhg which Distributors try to make the new media(ebook) work the same way the old medium works (paper book). Not that they very successful owith the old media.
My "ideal" world: All authors offer free, uncontrolled download w/o DRM. I do a download an pay, lt's say 5$. Than I read the book. If I like it I donate an extra amount of my choice on top of that. After some month, years, whatever I read the same book again, and maybe I like it the second time as good or better than before. And for enjoying it a second time I again pay an amount of money for it.
Sam works when I make it a gift to someone (by sending it via mail, or directly send it from my device to hers/his), give it to my wife, whatever.
OK, this works only with enough honest people. And yes I DO think there are enough in existence.
And if I download the book, like it and don't pay for it is extreemly shortsighted, if I expect other good stories from the same author. (How that is true, is to everyone him-/herself to find out. Those who don't get that conclusion are doomed to be a slave-customer to amazon and alike)
mclien
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