Thread: We need to stand up to ebook pricing NOW.
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Old 02-01-2010, 01:13 PM   #5
Pardoz
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Not with DRM they aren't.
For me, the value of a DRM-infected book is strongly affected by how easy it is to disinfect it. A MobiDRM-infected book is worth about the same to me as a clean one, since the DRM will get stripped as I load it into calibre, which I do regardless of source. Something infected with ADEPT or MS Reader DRM is worth slightly less, since that takes a moment of my time to clean up. Secure eReader and Topaz books are worth considerably less to me, but that's mostly because it takes more effort to convert the file into something presentable once I've disinfected it. Books infected with FairRead (or whatever Apple ends up calling their new DRM scheme), or books infected with any other form of DRM I cannot remove (like Sony's lrx) will be of no value to me at all until somebody writes a tool to remove that flavour of malware.
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