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Originally Posted by Jaime_Astorga
That sounds oddly Orwellian.
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Yes... it's
doublespeak. Used to obscure the meaning of your words.
Let's be a bit clearer:
DRM is designed to allow certain kinds of use of content, while restricting others. In the case of e-books, DRM is most often used to tie the content to a specific device, to prevent copying and dissemination of bootleg copies to other devices.
Certain other media and commercial organizations have demonstrated that this concept can be workable and acceptable to the majority of people, provided the incentives for being forthright outweigh the advantages of being criminal.
The better the incentives are, the less obtrusive DRM can be used, and the more acceptable it can be to all concerned.
The combination of acceptable DRM and acceptable incentives to abide by it have not yet been found in relation to e-books.