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Originally Posted by cfrizz
What a nice easy blanket statement. Why should I deprive myself of the books I want just because of DRM? I paid full price for them, they are mine to keep forever. And the only way to do that is to strip the DRM so that I can put them on any reader or tablet that I own regardless of what the publishers or Amazon, Apple, and B&N want.
And what they want is to lock you into their stores forever. I refuse to be held hostage by any of them!
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Who held a gun to your head and forced you to buy DRM'ed ebooks?! You bought a DRM'ed book knowing that it was locked into that particular store. That's the agreement you entered into when you made that purchase. Why you feel entitled to modify the terms of that agreement after-the-fact is puzzling to me.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
It is not that simple. Most eBooks I would want to read come with DRM. So stripping the DRM is what I do.
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It IS that simple.
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In a so-called free market, supply and demand help shape the products being sold. If people buy products in spite of the fact that those products don't suit their needs (ie. non-DRM ebooks) then there is no incentive for companies to do anything different.
By purchasing a DRM'ed ebook what you are saying is that the DRM issue has a lower priority than the ebook format. In these instances, the presence of DRM was not enough to prevent you from spending your money.
I dislike DRM'ed media. I'm not a criminal and I don't like being treated like one, and I'm certainly not going to pay for the "privilege" of being treated like one. So I don't buy DRM'ed media.
But unfortunately, many of the people who feel the same way about DRM, buy DRM'ed media anyways and then strip it away... which undermines the power of the consumer.
Having said that, I know that my opinion is in the minority.