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Originally Posted by CommanderROR
For me, this has become a serious issue.
Example:
The newest Terry Pratchett Novel named "Wintersmith" is going to appear tomorrow (Sony Connect says 30th, amazon.de has different version appearing from 28th of September to 1st of October). Now...I have no chance to actually buy the ebook anywhere and use it on my Iliad without breaking at least some laws.
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Download it from Usenet in a few days, and buy the paper version.
But remember, you never
buy an eBook with DRM. You
rent it.
Unless Sony is offering their version for significantly less than the paper price, they are ripping you off.
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Originally Posted by CommanderROR
Do you share these concerns?
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Nope. I vote against DRM with my wallet. I refuse to pay money for any eBook with DRM. Instead I buy my commercial eBooks through Fictionwise (non-DRM formats only, of course) and from O'Reilly.
Sooner or later the DRM-proponents will figure out that no one wants to rent an eBook for the price of the paper version and correct the situation.