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Originally Posted by GreenMonkey
That said, I pretty much never buy an author blind. DRM hurts loaning books to friends which I think drives sales.
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I must respectfully disagree. DRM is essential to facilitate loaning. Without DRM - to prevent you from reading the book while your friend has it, and to ensure that it times out on your friend's reader - it's not loaning, but piracy, plain and simple. I always advocate removing DRM for personal use, but "personal use" is the key. If you're removing it to facilitate piracy, that's wrong.