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When you download PDF books
You have none of these fears, and none of these issues.

The illegal method is more convenient and has less problems associated with it than the legal method.

The removal of items and features from a device I have purchased should be seen as theft.

Why are consumers being asked to pay money for a right to view an item, rather than to own the item? Why is there any difference in ownership within the digital world (for the same price or more) to the book I hold in my hand?

Why?

Simply because companies have found a way to utilise technology to exploit the consumer and increase their own profits.

Consumers sometimes think, quite wrongly, that if the company were to go out of business they would release a 'key' to unlock all their DRM purchases. If Amazon decides the Kindle is no longer profitable and they shut it down, consumers think that all their books will become unlocked.I think history has shown us that is not true.

There needs to be a strong movement from the community at large against these business practices which are no longer about Intellectual Property,and encouraging innovation and are instead simply about milking the market.
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When you download PDF books  Gel214th | 05/15/09
Three words  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/15/09
Walmart tried to shutdown their server...  mrlinux | 05/15/09
I love how their solution is to tell users how to by-pass DRM  T1Oracle | 05/15/09
RE: Three words  bfilipiak@... | 05/15/09
Even PDFs can be timebombed  Patanjali | 05/15/09
RE: Is the Kindle one massive DRM timebomb?  gertruded | 05/15/09
Agreed.  NeuromancerLV | 05/16/09
Violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act ?  BitTwiddler | 05/15/09
The ADA  bhartman33@... | 05/15/09
ADA  Ralph Wells | 05/15/09
I agree, but publishers are greedy criminals with good lawyers  T1Oracle | 05/15/09
Only if you lose the ability  bhartman36 | 05/15/09
The Author's Guild ...  dkawalec | 05/15/09
Text to Speech  bigtazz | 05/16/09
No, because ...  mwagner@... | 05/15/09
Surely they're emulating Microsoft's DRM success?  whisperycat | 05/15/09
Surely they're emulating Microsoft's DRM success?  Joe Dufflebag | 05/15/09
No tin foil here  say_what | 05/15/09
What Do You Expect From Ballmer-Sucking Bush Nazi M$FT Bigots, Anyway?  drprod@... | 05/24/09
Couldn't have said it better myself!  Ole Man | 05/15/09
Congress should pass laws ...  P. Douglas | 05/15/09
And this too extends to other DRM embedded software products  no_zd_user_name | 05/15/09
Maybe  wizardb@... | 05/15/09
I agree  P. Douglas | 05/15/09
re: Maybe  none none | 05/15/09
So sweet!  Chalfont | 05/18/09
I'm For ALL of the Above  drprod@... | 05/24/09
re: Congress should pass laws ...  none none | 05/15/09
RE: Is the Kindle one massive DRM timebomb?  bhartman33@... | 05/15/09
If this were Apple, Adrian would say how innovative it is  Bozzer | 05/16/09
This Apple User Wouldn't  drprod@... | 05/24/09
Amazon.com and The Kindle  LaVerne Wheeler | 05/19/09
bravo!  j3nzie | 05/20/09
Trying before you buy  bhartman36 | 06/14/09
Why Kindle? Here's why.  tad0900 | 05/22/09
Your poll calculator is a bit off - Did Amazon hack it?  gtvr | 05/15/09
If you think that's funny  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/15/09
re: If you think that's funny  none none | 05/15/09
I wouldn't sink that kind of money into one...  devlin_X | 05/15/09
The basic thing is this:  kcredden2 | 05/15/09
Here's a novel approach...  LandonAB | 05/15/09
True, given clear disclosure.  enduser_z | 05/15/09
Amazon = Apple.  T1Oracle | 05/15/09
Apple has kill switches? I know Microsoft has them, but Apple?  HypnoToad72 | 05/15/09
Someday we'll buy readers at the dollar store  jdudeck@... | 05/15/09
Why should the content be free?  Chalfont | 05/18/09
Content should not be free ...  j3nzie | 05/20/09
RE: Is the Kindle one massive DRM timebomb?  Tsingi | 05/15/09
RE: Is the Kindle one massive DRM timebomb?  jkratzer3 | 05/15/09
How about doing some research rather than speculating  jimboutilier@... | 05/15/09
Are Kindle Books Marked with Distribution Limitations?  jpgeorgia | 05/15/09
That's what I like . . .  JLHenry | 05/15/09
TTS is now marked  bhartman36 | 05/15/09
The Solution is again obvious  Mectron | 05/15/09
No one . . .  JLHenry | 05/15/09
Well Said!!!  Hans Schmidt | 05/15/09
Huh?!?  dkawalec | 05/15/09
Copyright  howdy84 | 05/18/09
Just a quick clarification  blittrell | 05/18/09
transfer of ownership  j3nzie | 05/20/09
Kindle, you can keep it  union pier | 05/15/09
Indeed  James T. Kirk | 05/15/09
Yep.  Azathoth | 05/18/09
DRM Hot-Button  philkoz | 05/15/09
Well Said. But...  apostate | 05/15/09
And a DRM supporter crawls out from under a rock  Old Timer 8080 | 05/15/09
Buy any DVD's lately?  oncall | 05/15/09
re: Buy and DVD's lately?  none none | 05/15/09
DRM has always been easily broken...  oncall | 05/15/09
On what Planet are you living?  Mectron | 05/15/09
The legality issue isn't that simple.  bhartman33@... | 05/15/09
RE: Is the Kindle one massive DRM timebomb?  Old Timer 8080 | 05/15/09
Physical media and open format  lschw1 | 05/15/09
Physical media and open format  gertruded | 05/15/09
Have you ever tried to read old English?  JLHenry | 05/15/09
Kindle costs -v- Dead Tree costs?  Ken_z | 05/15/09
Who do you trust?  mwagner@... | 05/15/09
How about Sony?  psion@... | 05/15/09
I'm going to go out on a limb here...  MalachiV | 05/15/09
Oops, sorry about the wall of text!  MalachiV | 05/15/09
I rather enjoyed reading that.  oncall | 05/15/09
Is it a Kindle or a TWindle that you need?  John McElhenney | 05/15/09
Not worth $500, no.  bhartman33@... | 05/16/09
MS can do the same thing with your PC  maggietoo9 | 05/15/09
Another enlightening post!  Ole Man | 05/15/09
Well, Linux doesn't run all the hardware...  HypnoToad72 | 05/15/09
Epson Perfection 4180 scanner  lightingrod | 05/15/09
Say What? More FUD than Fact  jpr75_z | 05/15/09
this kind of content-coltrol of the hardware it the exact reason i reject f  wessonjoe | 05/15/09
The Kindle does not "call home" for activation purposes  bhartman33@... | 05/16/09
Sorry, so far DRM is not a working program and only hurts users.  Cayble | 05/16/09
Amazon and Microsoft DRM are bad  whisperycat | 05/17/09
DRM in the hands of humans is dangerous  jerryz58 | 05/18/09
content protection for so-called ???premium content???  Ole Man | 05/17/09
DRM: The Censorship Timebomb...  telic | 05/18/09
RE: Is the Kindle one massive DRM timebomb?  jerryz58 | 05/18/09
Richar Stalman already presents this scenario in an essay  rarsa | 05/18/09
The Kindle IS one massive DRM timebomb  zclayton2 | 05/19/09
No Sale "Kindle has potential"  sbass@... | 05/19/09
Kindle works great in power outage  tad0900 | 05/22/09
What are you talking about?  tad0900 | 05/22/09
Every DRM is a timebomb  Yamust B. Kiddingme | 05/28/09

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