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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
which justifies their use of DRM, to make sure someone who did not pay the premium charge can't get the premium content.
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That isn't the case. Sony and BooksOkBoard both offered a title, for the same price (well, US$0.04 difference). I have the Sony. The "premium" part of Sony's content offering would be the seamless integration. Click, Buy, Load, Read.
I opted to forgo that ease of use, and go with an option that didn't save me any money, and caused me MORE work (Click, Buy, Download, de-DRM, fail, post, read, de-DRM again, succeed, convert, Load, Read).
In terms of money, no difference, but if you believe my time has value, then I paid MORE for a book that I could have without DRM.
Locking in content via DRM doesn't allow a vendor to charge premium prices. In my case, at least, my little experiment showed that I will pay (or suffer) a premium to have non-DRM content.
Why? Because it's in my way, and violates what I consider a right: to be able to use, and reuse, content I've purchased.
I'll also note that were I so inclined, I could give away the de-DRM'd book to anyone I wanted, so neither DRM system "protected" the content, in the end.