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I don't buy DRM-restricted (a much more accurate term than "protected") content. Plain and simple. Yes, I know I could strip the DRM, but that's not the point; I refuse to vote with my wallet, small though it may be, in favor of DRM.
True, I can't buy the latest big-name bestsellers. Then again, I've never bought the latest big-name bestsellers, so I'm not missing anything. I buy my science fiction and fantasy from Baen/Webscriptions, I get my classics free from Project Gutenberg, I buy my tech books from O'Reilly (usually on sale), I buy my mysteries and humor and other random stuff from BookView Cafe, BeWrite, and various authors' websites. I certainly don't lack for books (reading time, on the other hand...) and I've found some wonderful authors that way.
So I have no worries about the future of my books, because I don't buy books that are "protected" from me.
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