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Originally Posted by Hrafn
The point has been moot to date, as I have yet to encounter a book I wish to read with non-encryption DRM. If the DRM did not interfere with what device/reading-software combination I could use it with (or otherwise interfere with my reading experience), I (i) would have no need to "strip from DRM" anyway, and thus (ii) would see no impediment to buying it.
How common is non-encryption/watermarking DRM? I've occasionally heard it mentioned, but yet to even encounter it in the wild, let alone had to make a non-hypothetical decision about it.
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Apparently it's pretty common in some European countries. One of our members from Latvia told us that the main bookstore there uses it for all their books.
One very popular series of books that uses watermarking in the English-speaking world is J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" series. She sells these from her own site, and the books are watermarked.