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Originally Posted by dsvick
I was envisioning something where you have piece of software on your pc very similar to the Adobe Digital editions, but where you can transfer the license/key with the book to another person.
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I don't get why this would be a benefit to the user, though. Why would we *want* this if the alternative was not to have it? There are so many hardware systems, you never know which users might have conflicts or why, and it would raise the price of the book if part of the cost of doing business was supplying tech support to all these people.
You use ADE as an example, but imho that software is no great prize. I had it installed on my computer and it kept popping up wanting me to download updates or wanting me to make it my default reader even after I went into the preferences---repeatedly---and told it I didn't want to. It was a nightmare. I wound up uninstalling it and now I use the Sony software to authorize my library books.
I can see why the publishers may want DRM but you have not adequately explained to me why I customer should 'want' it. I am not sure why you are so ardently campaigning for it. What possible benefit could there be to an end user to have to go through such things? I just don't get where the benefit would be for the customer to the point that they should willingly choose to embrace DRM and *want* it.