My only quibble is with this:
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[Footnote: It's useful to note that whether a book is locked with DRM or not is also a dimension of concern for people, but I didn't explore that one. A common number I've heard is that people feel a DRM-locked ebook is worth half the price of a DRM-free ebook. (Since you can't move it among devices easily, can't give the copy to a friend when done, can't give it as a gift, may lose the ability to read it if the vendor disables the service, goes out of business, or capriciously cuts it off (as Amazon did to Kindle copies of 1984, of all the delicious ironies), and so on.) So it's hard to say how DRM-free-ness plays into these prices. A survey for another day.]
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Amazon did not have the right to sell that particular version of 1984 (it wasn't in public domain thanks to the Sonny Bono Disney Protection Act) so they removed it *and* refunded the purchase price. For content creators I would think that this would be a good thing. Having your IP protected and all that comes with the possibility of having content that violates copyright removed. Amazon, because of Whispernet, is able to remove all offending copies off of Kindles and remove access from Kindle apps.
The survey results were interesting and reinforce my opinion that DRMed ebooks are worth far less than DRM free ones. Too bad that reality is usually the opposite.