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hansl · 10-08-2009, 05:01 AM

Just for the case that I ever run out of free ebooks which I can hardly imagine.
More means that the ebook in question exists in a DRM and DRM-free version. If the latter is more expensive I feal cheated by that publisher not only for this book.
On the other hand I see the danger that giving away an ebook without DRM means in effect giving it away for free. But paying more for other people's crimes is not what I do if I can avoid it (as opposed to pay for prisons with my income tax money).

BTW: If the difference would be that the DRMed version expires or cannot freely be moved (not copied) to other devices, the publisher is in my eyes good for the Darwin Award.
Also, since I have a PRS-500 and will not buy a new device as long as they cost more than 100 $ (compared to netbook prices this seems appropriate to me for a single purpose device) the chances that I buy a DRMed book are void anyway.

hansl

10-08-2009, 05:01 AM	#52
hansl Zealot Posts: 112 Karma: 113786 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Germany Device: Sony PRS-T3S, CoolReader on 4'' Android phone	Just for the case that I ever run out of free ebooks which I can hardly imagine. More means that the ebook in question exists in a DRM and DRM-free version. If the latter is more expensive I feal cheated by that publisher not only for this book. On the other hand I see the danger that giving away an ebook without DRM means in effect giving it away for free. But paying more for other people's crimes is not what I do if I can avoid it (as opposed to pay for prisons with my income tax money). BTW: If the difference would be that the DRMed version expires or cannot freely be moved (not copied) to other devices, the publisher is in my eyes good for the Darwin Award. Also, since I have a PRS-500 and will not buy a new device as long as they cost more than 100 $ (compared to netbook prices this seems appropriate to me for a single purpose device) the chances that I buy a DRMed book are void anyway. hansl Last edited by hansl; 10-08-2009 at 05:17 AM.