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Originally Posted by b_k
Same here.
I said it already elsewhere, but:
I won't support DRM. Even if I have no physical medium, I like to own what I bought. I am not going to rent my books, except if the price would justifiy it.
DRM, independent of the system, will only let me read my books till the DRM system goes down/is not supported anymore, if that ever happens I will loose all my books. We are already seeing it in the form, "you have $DRM-system support on System A but not on System B,C, whatever".
I'm definitely not going to loose my money on DRM content.
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I agree. I find E Ink readers attractive for the ability to read online content offline -- i.e. the equivalent of printing it out. The iLiad is better suited toward this end than the Sony Reader due to its HTML support and 1024 x 768 resolution for portrait-mode PDFs.
For commercial books, it's a no-brainer that Sony is easily better positioned financially to contract with mainstream publishers than Irex, DRM or not. I don't see Irex having the will or the resources to change direction anytime soon.
Like b_k, I'd rather own what I purchase than license it. Many paper books that I own are out of print, and many of those books were printed by publishers that have long since gone out of business. An orphaned paper book has no impact on its readability, but the lifespan of an e-book is almost entirely dependent on its publisher's existence and support. Even if a publisher doesn't go out of business, it can be acquired and therefore have its file support policy affected or eliminated.
Just Say No to DRM.