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DRM doesn't bother me. As long as I can read a book on a computer I don't care. | 18 | 6.41% | |
DRM is evil and should be done away with entirely. | 200 | 71.17% | |
Quit whining about DRM, it's a dead horse. | 13 | 4.63% | |
If DRM were a dead horse, DRM would be dead. | 9 | 3.20% | |
DRM is a useful tool that prevents piracy. | 4 | 1.42% | |
Some other option not thought of for this poll | 37 | 13.17% | |
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02-25-2012, 10:19 AM | #181 | |
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http://sanantonio.lib.overdrive.com/...enEPUB-PDF.htm If you belong to FLP, you can do an advanced search for Open ePUB books. They have hundreds. http://freelibrary.lib.overdrive.com...rtBy=Relevancy J.A. Konrath's books are Open ePUB on OverDrive, for example. |
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02-25-2012, 10:20 AM | #182 |
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Added: Is an honor system really so shocking? The tools to break Adobe DRM on library books are the same as the tools to break Adobe DRM on bought books. It comes down the same thing: DRM doesn't stop dishonest people, but it does annoy honest people who have to reformat their Nook every 6 months because B&N can't handle the concept of credit card changes without borking the device.
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02-25-2012, 12:11 PM | #188 |
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As for stores that tag merchandise, they remove the tags after I have purchased and I am free to do with whatever I wish with my goods as soon as I have left the store. That is a SALE. Crippling products with DRM is NOT a sale, although it is deceitfully marketed as a sale. DRM vendors are essentially lying to everyone who "purchases" from them. "Suspected to be a criminal is just your fantasy" -- Okay, let's back down the Santorum-esque <i>whargarble</i> a bit. If that is my "fantasy" -- you being the person who aspires to put words into my mouth and accuse me of some unstated motive -- let me say two can play that game: Since it is your perhaps that readers should be thrilled to have DRM on their books, then perhaps it is your fantasy to be a shill for the DRM-infatuated publishers and vendors. |
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Once again, the Techies and the Romancies seem to be ahead of the game on this stuff, imho. |
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DRM is part of the myth that publishers can control information. In reality, they can't. DRM is next to irrelevant.
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As long as it can be removed it's not relevant to me.
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