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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 is an example of technology moving forward. Who is it who likes, and dislikes, that? When posters here decry DRM technology, lately I'm seeing the caveat that it's fine for library borrowers like you and me. At least the big publishers aren't saying that affluent book collectors can get their books DRM-free while we hoi pollio get treated otherwise.
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Adobe Digital Editions 3 DRM has gotten quite a bit of outrage, especially with its latest version, and has
caused plenty of people problems with being able to access legitimately purchased e-books after its release. Making your DRM cause more problems than it did previously is hardly "moving forward". That's more moving
backwards.
People are more understanding of DRM for library borrowing because they understand
something has to be there to keep it from being a free e-book giveaway. (And even then, someone determined to pirate it can do so without much trouble, so it's not very effective.)
On the other hand, buyers almost routinely hate DRM of any kind. Hachette is infamously pro-DRM for their e-books, going so far as to
tell their UK authors that they had to insist Tor keep DRM on their e-books in the US, because Hachette published them in the UK. And that in future contracts they'll require authors to go with a publisher in the US that does use DRM.
That's part of why I have trouble believing them in this spat with Amazon. It's very,
very hard to believe Hachette's on the side of consumers
or authors.