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Originally Posted by Alisa
At least when I lease a physical item or property I know for how long it will be. When you lease DRMed content, it may be for a week, a year, a decade. Who knows?
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Very true.
Although for me the most significant aspect is the fraud.
If companies come out upfront and tell people: "We are not going to sell you this album, this game, this eBook. We're going to charge you and provide you access to it on our terms, terms which we are free to change at any time, even to the point of revoking your access."
Given such an honest approach, more people would simply refuse to buy than do today.
Lying with impunity and implying that they are indeed offering you a proper purchase is immoral and, in my opinion, should be illegal... like a number of other practices within the publishing industry.
- Ahi