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Originally Posted by NETLOLA
What completely offends me about DRM, is that when I purchased a paper book, i could read it anywhere, any place that I liked. If for eg., I bought said book at Borders, and they required that I only read it at home, in a specific room in my house, I would obviously have chosen another Store! It's simply ludicrous/seriously insulting to the public restricting their choices this way, when they have paid good money for a Title.  |
There are lots of bad things about DRM but this isn't one of them. There is no restriction, based on DRM, to where and when you can read a book. There is no restriction in this way. That is not how DRM works. DRM limits you from making a copy of the electronic file and giving it away. It may also provide a time out for eBooks checked out from the public library. But for these things paper books are also restricted. i.e. It is difficult and expensive to make a copy of a paper book for you friends (and illegal) and library books have to be returned.
As to reading inside the store. This is not for purchased books, it is to provide a way to browse books you are considering to purchase although it might be possible to read the whole book what standing in the aisle I suppose.
Dale