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Unfortunately it is a fact that we cannot have drm limited to borrowed books. Whilst most of us seem to accept drm restrictions on borrowed books the same is not true of books which we consider that we own, whatever license agreements may say. And our wonderful BPH historically has no problems with exploiting authors, readers or anyone else where they can get away with it. They are not to be trusted. On the other hand, the fact that a vibrant book industry still exists despite ineffective drm at the moment is eloquent testimony to the fact that readers as a group are far mpre ethical than the BPH deserve. And there is no reason to believe that this does not apply equally or even more so to borrowed books.
I don't think Jon's post was really appealing to anyone or anything other than common sense. Those who support effective drm to protect borrowed books are ignoring the fact that effective drm cannot be limited just to borrowed books. To support effective drm is to support handing more control to a group of legacy publishers who have proved time and time again they are not to be trusted.
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