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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Which categories of publishing do you think DRM is necessary for? Which ones would disappear if DRM were outlawed--if it became illegal to hinder a buyer's ability to use their purchased (or licensed, whatever) ebooks?
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Expensive ones, for a start. They'd have to be cheaper to avoid the temptation to copy them for free. Books that require massive resources to produce, ie lots of time spent on research, and which have a small market, couldn't survive.
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How will it be better for readers 50 years from now not to be able to read their grandparents' books?
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Good point. I like the idea of watermarking, and other soft DRM methods.
On the other hand, unlike printed books, it would be easier to make ebooks stay "in print" forever. Only squabbles over publishing rights would make it hard.