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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
Hmm, and the current DRM implementations don't? (require you to have the same/similar type of device, that is).
I think we (the users) can all agree that if a DRM is required, let there please be only one implementation that works on all devices. Your method could work too in that case. Add that to a watermarking method and you'll have alleviated Z's fear of her books (containing her private info) being distributed without her knowing...
Naturally whether such a scheme would be possible is a completely different question!
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yes, something like that could perhaps work, as long as i can use *my* (purchased) books on any device i want, for as long as i want, as many times as i want. if i can also share with my friends and not worry about them sharing with someone less trustworthy that might be okay to have the watermarking, although 1. i'm not sure how i feel about a time-limit ; if the book is long, it can take more than 2 weeks to read it, and 2. maybe i lend it to them but they don't start reading it right away because they are already engrossed in a 2000 page saga which they really want to finish first (say, the millenium trilogy
i hear it's so addictive you are litterally incapable of not reading it straight through to the end). so before they even start, the loan is expired ? that's really annoying ! really, i still think no drm at all is the best way. and baen and o'reilly publishers agree with me, too.
