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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Exactly. So IMHO as one of the customers, it helps more to avoid driving off the non-pirates, by not posing odious restrictions. And many honest readers consider ebook DRM to be fairly odious.
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I happen not to agree with you, with the exception of the word "odious".
Attempting to find unbreakable DRM isn't worth the trouble because it isn't possible, and in addition fair use is a very valid concept. That said, making the eventual user *do something* to remove a restriction isn't IMO odious, especially if the restriction doesn't significantly affect their use of the "product" now and in the future. All the removal process does is (at best) insert a small pause, asking the user to think about what they are doing and decide if their use is reasonable, which it often is. And yes, I understand that the Alf tools remove even this pause, but I am coming from a different space. And I further admit to being a bit bitter, sometimes hoping that the lowlifes will someday need to support a family on app/book-like revenue. And I further admit that this topic as it relates to my app was discussed to a fair-thee-well in a thread some 6 months ago, so this will be my last missive here.