Thread: EU Court of Justice on DRM circumvention
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Old 02-11-2014, 05:15 PM   #33
speakingtohe
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
They weren't calling about books though, were they?

Harcore re-readers (who don't already have control of their library) represent a tiny portion of the ebook reader market, I'll wager. Those that will pitch a fit about an ebook they can't re-read sometime down the road?... even tinier.

Could be wrong ... but I don't think I am.

DRM (other than for libraries/rentals) is wrong because DRM is wrong. That a handful of people who didn't know what was going on might get burnt in the future doesn't really add to that, IMO.
Probably the same amount of people who go ballistic if they have to buy a paper book again if it is lost, damaged, stolen etc.

In fact I think far more paper books have been lost, damaged or stolen than the number of ebooks that have become inaccessible in any given timeframe.

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