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Originally Posted by Bremen Cole
I for one do not think publishers are "evil" for wanting DRM on their books. The whole digital delivery system is still very new, and most of the heads of the music, movie and book industries are "old school" in their thinking. As years go by they will figure out that they simply have to rethink the way they do business. It just takes time for new ideas and methods to be implemented and accepted.
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I don't necessarily think it's evil either, but I'd have a lot more understanding for them if this were strictly a copyright issue. It's not though, and the industry is trying to use DRM in order to create more controls than they have had before. If it were merely an attempt to prevent the pendulum from swinging in the pirates direction, which is what they claim it's for, that's one thing. But when they're really using DRM to try to push the pendulum farther to their side, I have less tolerance for it. Not only are they resisting changes to their old business methods, they're trying to make them even more draconian.