[darryl]

My perspective on DRM is similar to Harry's in most respects. I see little point in boycotting it, but I absolutely require that I be able to remove it. It is as simple as that. I already refuse to buy anything from ITunes, no matter how much of a bargain it may be. If Vendors of epub books switch on the new Adobe DRM scheme, I will purchase from Amazon and other Vendors with no DRM or DRM which can be removed. That is, of course, until that new DRM is cracked and the status quo restored. In the unlikely event that all Vendors use DRM which cannot be removed, I will only purchase DRM free ebooks. Anything else that I desperately want to read can wait till it is available in the library, if I can manage to resist the no doubt freely available and plentiful pirate copies which will no doubt be around. I don't expect the situation to arise. The more effective the DRM is, the greater the challenge for some very talented hackers. I have no objections to watermarking provided it is unobtrusive.