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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
I am not here to defend DRM. I am here to find ways in which e-books as an industry can grow and prosper for all parties involved. Some may not like it, but DRM is one of many tools that may or may not achieve that, and so they should be discussed... not dismissed simply because it's not the preferred method. If you know of a better method, by all means, start a thread and discuss it. (That is what we're here for... not attacking each other.)
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The problem with defending DRM with analogies like cable signal is very simple - those analogies break down since for reading you just need a book and decent eyes, so why move to ebooks? When there is this resistance why add to it with DRM.
For me one of the big tests will come in a year, two when a large bunch of Kindles will break out of warranty - as all devices do, while I own print books published 50 years or more ago btw - and people will discover that to read the Kindle books purchased they have to shell out again $$$ - maybe 150, not 350 but still...
I bet that then you will see a nasty backlash and I hope it will extend only to DRM and not to ebooks in general...