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Originally Posted by HarryT
What do you mean by "copyright apologists"? I think the overwhelming majority of people would say that some form of copyright is necessary to protect literary (and other) creative works. And yes, DRM is necessary too, if you want to be able to borrow eBooks from the library, or rent textbooks from Amazon.
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First, Harry, I would never accuse you of becoming shrill in your defence of copyright, or on any other topic.
The term "apologist" was an irritated slap at those defend copyright unthinkingly and irrationally, as if it were a logical given, or divinely ordained.
However, the fact that a majority (overwhelming or otherwise) think that copyright is necessary is, of course, not a valid argument for its necessity.
A time-limited form of DRM to protect the interests of libraries and other book lenders is quite a different issue from its use on sold books to preserve revenue streams by preventing the growth of a second-hand ebook market.
It might be justified in this context; though libraries seem to have got along OK for a while now without installing Mission Impossible type self-destruct devices in pbooks.