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Originally Posted by Jorgen
DRM is a scam, in that the protected ebooks are not cheap and they bind you to specific platforms.Jorgen
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I agree and disagree! I don't think that DRM itself is a scam, but when it is used to 'bind you to specific platforms' it most certainly is.
If eReader would get brave enough to licence their DRM technology to other developers, I would contend that they would make a lot more money: Publishers would be happier to put their books with eReader than elsewhere, because they would still be protected from mass copying, and readers would be happier to buy from eReader because their list of titles would be larger (because publishers would be happier) and because they could read those books in several different readers on a multiplicity of platforms.
Unfortunately, however, I can't see that happening...