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Apparently it is :-)
I'm glad that information about the problem (and possible solution) reaches wider audiences.
Maybe if enough people start stripping the DRM from their ebooks, publishers/distributors will start thinking about alternative methods to prevent illegal distribution (such as watermarking that does not prevent copying).
Mainly, it's a problem of pricing. If a vendor asks me a price that is comparable to that of the physical book, it should give me something that has similar features. For example: something that I can read wherever (i.e.: with whatever device) I want; that my family can read as well; that I can lend to my friends.
If the vendor wants to sell me something that gives to me a much narrower range of possibilities, we are talking about a much lower-grade product: so the vendor should ask a much lower price to me. And it should not be allowed to call it with the same name ("book") of the first one.
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