I'm in the "give artists pay for their creations, but enough with the Mickey Mouse protection!" camp. So I suppose mine is political, too. That's part of how we got the group at BVC that we did -- we were all opposed to DRM.
I don't have a problem with people making a backup of their books -- and I've heard of publishers limiting how many times someone can re-download a book. Which I have a problem with -- either you allow them to download as long as that edition exists, or you don't. Everyone has a right to try and protect a book from common disaster, if they want to keep that book.
Eventually, the tech will evolve beyond the ability to transfer. But up to that point, there's several layers of mediums between, or so I've observed. People who want to go to the trouble should be able to do so.
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I don't have a problem with people making a backup of their books -- and I've heard of publishers limiting how many times someone can re-download a book. Which I have a problem with -- either you allow them to download as long as that edition exists, or you don't. Everyone has a right to try and protect a book from common disaster, if they want to keep that book.
Eventually, the tech will evolve beyond the ability to transfer. But up to that point, there's several layers of mediums between, or so I've observed. People who want to go to the trouble should be able to do so.