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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
the problem is, i cannot think of a single current implementation of drm which functions in this way. i am not convinced that an "acceptable" form of drm will *ever* be adopted by publishers, because i think they are promoting a much more rapacious agenda of one book per person and per device (more the rental / licence model than the sales model). they don't want to you be able to read it on whichever device you choose, and they don't want you to be able to lend it (within reason) to friends / family. given this, i really am not convinced that drm can be a good thing.
if you are talking about watermarking a file or "social drm" that is perhaps the exception ; the only form of drm which doesn't pose the same moral problem, because it doesn't limit the use of the file at all (you can read it on any device you like, you can lend it to friends, etc., you just don't want to diffuse it on internet to a lot of strangers). however, i even have hesitation about that ; i wouldn't want any drm using my credit card number for encryption, for instance, because what happens if i were to lose / have stolen my liseuse ??? or even a usb key or portable computer with ebooks on them ? depending on who finds / steals them that could have really bad consequences for me. so even then frankly, i am not really convinced.
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Still, I think that "social DRM" is the way to go. Besides, it's much more difficult to retrieve the encryption key than it is to decrypt if you already know the key (which is what you do if you de-DRM mobi, LIT or eReader books).
I doubt we'll ever get rid of DRM, but it should never interfere with the use of the product...
(now that I think of it, my eReader book is encrypted using my CC number... And you can have it if you want, as the CC isn't valid anymore anyway
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