If the DRM merely prevents copying, I don't see why that's such a big deal to some people. We've always gotten along just fine with not being able to multiply much of what we buy (like books), so I don't know why people feel entitled to be able to have copies of their digital purchases.
If I download a DRM infected book to my laptop, then I cannot transfer it to a seperate e-reader, or my wife's laptop, or my phone, etc. If I get a new computer, I'm screwed. If I get a new ereader, I'm screwed. And what's worse, some DRM (like Amazon) allows them to delete your book without your knowledge or concent. DRM cuts out the flexibiity I want in a product. When I purchase a book, I want to actually own it.
Now there are ways to strip DRM from ebooks, but I don't have time to go through that extra step.
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E-reader boom kindles a variety of new options
- 08/01/2010 05:02:44 AM
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I <3 my Kindle.
- 08/01/2010 03:55:11 PM
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P.S. Check out this video of a technology Mirasol is working on for eReaders.
- 08/01/2010 04:06:55 PM
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That makes my lady parts tingle even more than the last time I posted about my lady parts! *NM*
- 08/01/2010 06:43:19 PM
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2 reasons I'm not in the ebook/ereader market and won't be anytime soon
- 08/01/2010 05:40:55 PM
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Sony, surprisingly, is DRM free. But yes, you should wait until the format war is over. *NM*
- 08/01/2010 07:18:26 PM
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Agreed on the format, but as for the DRM...
- 19/01/2010 12:11:51 AM
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it's not so simple
- 19/01/2010 03:50:32 PM
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I could see buying Skiff and getting The Economist on it. But only if I can save it.
- 08/01/2010 06:51:46 PM
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Things an E-reader has to have to interest me...
- 19/01/2010 12:13:28 AM
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color is nice but not nice enough to give up the benifts you get with E ink
- 19/01/2010 04:35:15 PM
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