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Originally Posted by HarryT
Those are on CD, right? Lending a physical product is very different to lending a digital one. DRM is useful for digital lending simply to ensure that the library only lends the item the number of times simultaneously that they've bought a licence for, and that the usage rights expire when they licence says they should. The DRM is a benefit from both the library AND the publisher's viewpoints.
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If it's DRM free, then it's trivial for the library (or the library patron) to make copies of the CD, or rip it to mp3s. It's exactly as trivial as it is for them to make copies of epubs that are DRM free.
If it's a problem for one kind of file, it's a problem for the other.
And it doesn't seem to be a problem with the audiobooks.
The music industry proved, conclusively, that DRM a) doesn't improve sales, and b) costs a lot of money. The publishing industry is getting there, slowly, but may, in the end, prove too stupid to understand.