Thread: interesting take on DRM
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Old 10-14-2008, 09:56 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by HappyMartin View Post

I don't often re read books so for me it is not an issue but reading the thread on re reading it seems lots of people do. DRM as a principle is not the problem. The problem is the hoops we are sometimes forced to jump through for DRM.
Personally for me, DRM is the issue. If DRM actually stopped people from pirating books, then, perhaps I would accept DRM as a necessary evil. As it is, it can be shown, just from all the references in these forums to stripping DRM from books, that it is never going to stop a dedicated pirate.

Ultimately DRM serves only to restrict technically non-savvy people from being able to exercise their fair use rights to a work. Kindle Book buyers can only read their DRM'd books on a Kindle, Mobi Book Buyers can only read on a certain number of devices they register with Mobi. Want to convert to a different format so you can read on a different platform? DRM prevents that.

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