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Alex,
I share your stand against encryption but I'm not sure I agree with you logic. Devices such as ours are not expected to sell on the volume of an ipod. The market is simply not seen as big. Moreover once you buy your unit, you will not need another for years. They are manufactured in the expectation of making money on the media. Although it would be nice to change the way the world of copyright works, for the immediate future, if you want best sellers, and you want to pay for them to encourage more media, you are stuck with the publishing system as it exists.
You say that you don't agree with my definition of "reasonable prices". Since I didn't define the term I'm not sure what you mean unless you don't consider any price reasonable. Even on the connect store there are some items for 1-8 dollars which I think most people would consider reasonable. You may not owe them anything, you may not like them making their vig but for the moment, they are the ones that will make a reader2 and reader3 if they think they can make money.
The current system sucks. But don't expect that governments to change how copyrights operate. The publishers have the lobbyists. The artists generally can't agree with one another on what to do or how to change the system so they are not a credible political threat. Until things do change thanks to efforts such as Baen etc... your choice is to create a market for bigger and better devices such as ours or to help smother this infant technology by not feeding the beast.
Finally, in most communist governments, as they exist in real life, the government employer owns the work and the artist cannot market, publish it or sell it without government approval. I hardly consider that an effective reform.
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