Thread: The intersection of DRM, fair use, and ereader device spying
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Old 07-07-2012, 05:48 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by WillysJeepMan View Post
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.
They do suit my needs. And stripping the DRM is not a bother. I just do what I would do even if they were DRM free and that is to put them into Calibre. The DRM is gone and I've done nothing different. I then run the Modify ePub script on them and I am then good to begin any fixing up I want to do. It is that simple and it works that well. The DRM does not get in the way. So there or not, the process to deal with my eBooks is exactly the same. The only difference is the directory I pull the eBook out of to put into Calibre.
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