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Originally Posted by HarryT
But, with respect, that is not generally the case. If you buy books for a Kindle and your Kindle dies, buy another one and you can carry on reading your books. Yes, of course you're locked in to that manufacturer, but that's a deliberate ploy on the part of Amazon. Go with MobiPocket and you can choose pretty much any device on the market (except Sony) and be able to happily carry on reading your books.
I really have to disagee with the somewhat "melodramatic" assertion your signature makes that DRM is "evil". DRM is simply a marketing technique - it is neither "good" nor "evil", any more than the fact that, say, if I buy a lens for my Canon DSLR I cannot subsequently use it on a Nikon camera is "evil". Every manufacturer tries to lock you in to their products; it makes sound commercial sense to do so.
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Yes at least the Kindle prices are low. I just really have a problem with DRM, but I can respect the fact that some people don"t. We would also like respect for our viewpoint. It isn't a simple cut and dried matter.
