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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's not the publisher's responsibility to keep your books safe for you for all eternity; it's YOUR responsibility. When you bought the book, did the Sony bookstore give you some kind of guarantee that your book would be stored for you forever?
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Speaking as a proud apprentice here...
DRM implies that the distributor will be there
for as long as they insert themselves between me and what I have purchased from them.
When I buy a pbook, I have full control over the book, and can continue to possess it for as long as I can continue to preserve its form. When I buy an ebook, I am dependent on the vendor giving me permission each time I want to read. But we all know this already.
My point is: since the vendor has sold me the book, but expects me to go to his "house" to read it, (and, weirdly, I agreed to this ridiculous deal,)
the vendor has an obligation to let me in so I can read my book -- whenever I damn well want! This obligation doesn't go away just because the vendor feels like withdrawing from the market.
Granted, I have the means to "steal" my property back. But that isn't a vindication of what Sony is doing...