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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
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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Bill
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That's the point.
And there's where I agree with Steve Jordan too.
They call it DRM, but it's actually an Usage Limitation System, not at all a Right Management (e.g., it does not contain a specification to measure usage and compensate authors...)
DRM systems and copyright laws aim toward to make already paying people pay twice or more, not to get money the non-paying users.
Such a system has to be deleted ASAP.
And a real Rights Management system must take its place.
But, like I said before, it will cost some money to the publishers.
So it's better to lobby GW Bush to create a special presidential office to enforce today's laws. And make Steve Jordan pay for it.
