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Old 03-27-2013, 03:51 PM   #164
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Originally Posted by ApK View Post
I think Harry's choice of words is wrong confusing. The thing I would call the "official lending mechanism" is that two-week lend-to-anyone feature that Amazon and other have. That's lending, in my mind, and it is indeed facilitated by DRM. It is not restricted to or intended for sharing only within a household.

Having multiple devices on one account is not lending, it's sharing. The devices on the account have (legitimate) access at the same time. That is not facilitated by DRM.

ApK
You've expressed it much more clearly than I did - thanks! Yes, I confused matters by talking about two different issues in my post: lending (which DRM facilitates) and sharing (which is does not).
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