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Originally Posted by nekokami
The credit card does not need to remain active. However, I do, in fact, have a credit card which I have had for about 20 years. There are books I've had for longer, but not as many as I've bought since.
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My understanding was that the reader accepted only 1 credit card number at a time.
So if you purchase a book with CC#1 and another book with CC#2, you couldn't easily swap between the two.
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Originally Posted by nekokami
You've made your position on DRM eminently clear in a multitude of posts. Less clear is what you, personally, are doing to help bring about an alternative reliable channel for authors to reach readers who are interested in their work, and for readers to find new works in which they are interested.
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I thought that I had made it very clear.
The negative:
1. Speaking out against DRM. Making sure that people know that this represents a significant shift in the Copyright agreement and that it basically takes all rights away from content users and reserves all rights to content holders.
2. Boycotting all forms of DRM and speaking out against those companies who try to sneak it in.
The positive:
1. Supporting artists who make use of Creative Commons licenses.
2. Supporting authors who make their books available without DRM - mainly fincially through purchases (Fictionwise, Baen Books), donations (in the case of those authors who let their works go without demanding payments.
3. If I see a work being passed around when I know it's available without DRM for a reasonable price, I speak out against the people passing the work around (you'd be surprised how little this happens compared to DRMed works).
A view of my bookshelves will show many books by people who make their products available for free on the web. MegaTokyo, Aoi House, Errant Story, Cory Doctorow and more.
(Side note: I believe that I have the distinction of being the person who has paid the most for a Cory Doctorow novel. I purchased the proof of his
Someone Comes To Town, Someone Leaves Town at Penguicon a couple years ago.)
I have many, many books from Fictionwise. I have my subscription to Baen Universe (and will very probably be renewing it).
And that's just for eBooks.
I am a content consumer and I vote with my wallet. DRMed content will not get my money.