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Originally Posted by HarryT
DRM is generally not a problem if a format is universal. Eg, the overwhelming majority of people aren't inconvenienced by DRM on DVDs, because any DVD can be played on any DVD player (few people buy "out of region" DVDs, and those who do, generally know what they're doing). The reason it's an issue for eBooks is the fact that different devices use different book formats.
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And consequently, the DRM is as useful as a sticker saying "please don't do anything with this that we won't like".