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Originally Posted by David Soulayrol
The problem is precisely that you don't have the possibility to maintain the way to open DRM files by yourself. DRM are closed-source, protected by patents, and it is generally illegal to circumvent them. So owning a DRM protected file is simply owning the authorization to read its content for an undefined duration.
Of course, if the DRM is no more protected, or if the law changes, then you are right. But in this case, the DRM have no more purpose.
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Yes, but a mechanism is designed into them to allow lending/borrowing. Libraries use it. When ebooks were touted in the news, this ability was mentioned in the context of person to person loaning "just like a real book". It's a feature they have conveniently not allowed for in their desktop/reader software (e.g. ADE).