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EliNoah · 03-01-2010, 08:26 AM

Maybe there needs to be sometype of drm restriction that allows you to give away a certain number of copies. What is the average lifespan of a well read book?

i.e. I have 9 people in my family 7 kids, 2 adults. We buy ONE set of HP books. Every one reads them...Each book as now been read 9 times...sometimes two of us are reading the same book at once. My 10 year old reading book one during the day, me reading after she goes to bed.

We are all done reading and I loan to my sister, who has 5 people in the family, 3 kids-2 adults. The books are all read again.

By this time maybe a cover is missing, pages torn etc. How many times were each of those books read? Is that the life span of the book? What if an ebook allowed you to loan or give it away a certain number of reasonable times (not like the nook with just once) but say 50 times. Would that stop piracy?

I mean after it has been downloaded 50 times it would be no good to anyone else...especially if there was some code that it contained that outlined the specifics.

Probably far fetched, but may be poss. some day.

03-01-2010, 08:26 AM	#125
EliNoah Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Sony ereader Pocket Edition	Maybe there needs to be sometype of drm restriction that allows you to give away a certain number of copies. What is the average lifespan of a well read book? i.e. I have 9 people in my family 7 kids, 2 adults. We buy ONE set of HP books. Every one reads them...Each book as now been read 9 times...sometimes two of us are reading the same book at once. My 10 year old reading book one during the day, me reading after she goes to bed. We are all done reading and I loan to my sister, who has 5 people in the family, 3 kids-2 adults. The books are all read again. By this time maybe a cover is missing, pages torn etc. How many times were each of those books read? Is that the life span of the book? What if an ebook allowed you to loan or give it away a certain number of reasonable times (not like the nook with just once) but say 50 times. Would that stop piracy? I mean after it has been downloaded 50 times it would be no good to anyone else...especially if there was some code that it contained that outlined the specifics. Probably far fetched, but may be poss. some day.