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Originally Posted by Nate the great
Apress isn't DRM free. According to their FAQ they have passwords on their PDFs. Also, the ebooks they sell in the Kindle Store are in Topaz.
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Nate,
It's true you have to use your password to access the book, however I am not limited to using ADE in order to read the book. I guess the issue with me is portability and just the plain useless hassle, that seems to be inherent with buying DRM products. Buying something should be easy and leave you with a good feeling - as in, maybe the time you spend working to earn money isn't such a bad thing after all.
If all products had the same DRM scheme and were portable to all reading devices I wouldn't have an issue with DRM. DRM should limit you from redistributing a product for profit, not the things you would normally do with a product. If I want to give it to a friend after I read it, that's my business, I paid for it, they shouldn't have to pay for it as well. If I want to donate it to the library that's my business and if I want to move it from one device to another - well that's my business as well.
Just my 2 cents.