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Originally Posted by hardcastle
The library only cares about DRM because the publishers force them to. From the library's point of view, removing the DRM schemes would let books be read on any device, allow for greater library self-sufficiency (not dependent on any DRM services to function), lower tech support costs (because DRM is confusing and is prone to issues), and would likely mean a different pricing scheme from the publishers themselves.
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Lending books without DRM is giving books away, not lending them. People can't be trusted to delete books at the end of a loan period. If I were a publisher, I certainly wouldn't lend out books without an expiry mechanism. It's a completely understandable requirement for a publisher to have, and Adobe are not the "bad guys" for providing a mechanism for fulfilling that requirement.