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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
The various DRM schemes being used by iTunes, for example, or by other content-rich websites, demonstrate that it is indeed possible to sell content and mitigate loss (again, the point is not to eradicate loss, which is impossible, but to keep it to acceptable levels).
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Personally, I like the iTunes system since they introduce iTunes Plus. I can download the files, convert them to MP3, and then use them on any of my other devices freely. Even the small hassle of burning the "standard" iTunes files to CD to allow me to then "rip" to MP3 isn't a problem because I like to have a backup of the files anyway.
Similarly with eBooks - once Adobe sort out their 6 device limit problem (the problem being that you can't deauthorise devices at the moment) i'll be happy with that too. At the moment I can download Adobe EPUB files that I've purchased from Waterstones (and Secure PDF files from Fictionwise) and put them on my PC, my wife's PC, my PRS-505 and on my wife's PRS-505. No problems with that at all.
I don't really have anything to add except that
for my personal circumstances I have no problems with DRM so it's all (as always) a matter of perspective.
Cheers,
Terry.