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Originally Posted by HarryT
I strongly suspect that there are few publishers who would be willing to allow libraries to lend ebooks without DRM, and its absence would completely destroy the textbook rental market. Like it or not, DRM has its place.
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Certainly lending is a special case. Text books is another special case simply because students might only need the hideously expensive text book for one class. I've sometimes wondered why schools don't simply make text books part of the tuition and give students the option of paying extra to keep the book rather than turn it back in after the course. Of course, if the text book is part of the tuition, then we are really talking about a handful of students who might want to keep the book.