Comments on: How Adobe DRM Requires People to Pirate Library Books

By: library luci

library luci — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:29:00 +0000

Of course they limit distribution. Otherwise, how would the publisher/author/distributor make any money? The library has to pay for the eBook, but only initially. When the library buys a paper book, it is estimated to last for 20 checkouts before needing to be replaced. The library then buys another book to replace the worn and torn copy. They do the same thing with e-books, even though there is no physical wear and tear, to ensure a continued market for those who make the thing in the first place. Authors spend as much time writing an “eBook” as a paper book, they need their royalties somehow. I guess the alternative would be to charge an inordinate amount from the beginning and allow as many check-outs as possible, but then the library couldn’t do what it does now with its paper books — replace fewer copies as popular bestsellers become less popular over time.

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Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:57:08 +0000

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By: MadAsASnake

MadAsASnake — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:37:00 +0000

The whole concept of “borrowing” an eBook is just so completely wrongheaded in the first place. You borrow a normal book as that is the natural way to do it. You read it, you gie it back. With an eBook, the idea that another library user can’t “borrow” it (read copy the bits) at the same time is staggeringly stupid. It’s like any e-Seller saying there are limited copies… All they acheive is to limit distribution.

By: Kadai

Kadai — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:05:00 +0000

That is because this industry lives from the people that has to brought the stuff not only once, but twice and even more times.

Lit. pay for it whenever the corporations feel like it.

If they did not forced people to make the change from Beta to VHS to DVD, they will not be the empire they are nowdays. Its alla bout to make people pay much more to get again for what they have paid, or do not get it at all.

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MakinMo's Tech Blog — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:30:18 +0000

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By: Mudkipz

Mudkipz — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:52:00 +0000

.acsm is just .scam jumbled up.

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By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:11:00 +0000

Windows, Mac, Linux. There you go. 99.9% of people use one of these three.

You cant use anything that uses DRM on linux. Ill have to go out and purchase a $400 OS, so I can watch fucking nextflix.

If your company can not provide an option for 3 operating systems, then you’re company is shit. There are no two ways about it.

By: Mwhahaha

Mwhahaha — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:53:00 +0000

Ebooks will kill the literary market.

Everything else on this subject is just so much fluff.