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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
It's not like B&N putting DRM on a public domain book in any way, shape or form stops people from getting PD books from any other source. So, I really fail to see the problem here.
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The problem is that publishers and retailers are using DRM to eliminate fair use, not only of works in copyright, but works out of copyright.
What is happening here is that the benefits of copyright to the public, which are the rationale for the grant of copyright ownership rights in the first place, are being denied by the very people who are being granted rights in order that the public can obtain those benefits.
If we had a Congress that represented the interests of the country, rather than one that seems to exist for the sole purpose of enriching special interests and expanding government control into every nook and cranny of our lives, this situation would be changed.
But we don't, and it won't.