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I think William James once said something along the lines of people only change when they have to, this applies to publishers as well.
They're going to get absolutely ran over in this. It's their own fault for being short-sighted and absolutely failing to try to engage the market in a good faith manner so I'm absolutely fine with Amazon ripping them a new one. I'm just hoping the market eventually levels out after it and collateral damage (consumers with devices, DRM issues, etc) are minimal.
I imagine we'll have lots of places selling DRM content that go under, leaving their customers in the lurch (as we saw with the music business.) One of the reasons I've always been dubious of the Sony store is that.. they don't have the best reputation for sticking with it. I hope they do - both for the customers and as competition, but I could see them pulling up stakes VERY easily.
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