this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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btw sometimes drm is used to actually rent out digital books
Renting digital items is just stupid
Worthwile reading into: Hachette v. Internet Archive.
In short: Even lending only the amount of real copies that you own as digital copies (you own 1 real book, you get to lend 1 digital copy. Not more!) is too much for some greedy bastards and a compromise.
https://www.eff.org/cases/hachette-v-internet-archive
agree
On the other hand, books from your local library have no drm. :)
Ebooks from your local library generally do have drm in my experience. Harder to complain since they’re free though.