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Originally Posted by faithbw
:lol: That's a good analogy for e-books. I thought de-DRMing books would be hard but it is quite easy. That's why I ultimately didn't worry about which e-ink e-reader I bought. I knew I could get books from any seller and put it on my reader once I removed the DRM and did the necessary conversion.
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Keep in mind that the fence
must be very small to start. The idea is to first transition the masses from paper books to e-books, which would be difficult (if not impossible) if the fence were high to start.
After the transition, and after authors stop producing works on paper, then we will see the fences grow. E-book licensing will become what shrink-wrap licensing is for software. It will become impossible to loan books, pass them on to your kids, borrow books, it will cost you extra to go back and re-read a page, you won't be able to buy an book anonymously, etc. Consumer rights will erode very gradually.