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Originally Posted by HarryT
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.
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You'll find that I said nothing to disagree with your post. Only to suggest that DRM being a "good thing" for libraries is an odd and debatable position.