Comments on: The DRM argument is mostly about selfishness http://ireaderreview.com/2009/12/20/the-drm-argument-is-mostly-about-selfishness/ Kindle Review, Kindle Fire Review, New Kindle Review, Kindle 4 Review Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:22:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: R.V. Windfield http://ireaderreview.com/2009/12/20/the-drm-argument-is-mostly-about-selfishness/#comment-23671 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:44:15 +0000 http://ireaderreview.com/?p=8847#comment-23671 You have some good points. But IMHO the big issue the begins anything like copyrights, DRM, Trademarks, Registered trademarks and the like is societies infantile preoccupation with taking things that don’t belong to them. Multiply this on a global scale and it has an impact. Bono of U2 has expressed this about CD copying and sharing and many more.

The supposition is that greed from the makers of products is the motivator for “imposing” DRM. When in reality it is the greed from those who steal products and think it is noble that are screwing up the situation. If hackers spent some time developing a better system of protection than they do breaking and entering the situation could be resolved by now.

Once you bring in the cause of why DRM should be implemented you diffuse the banner that those who are buying the product are being abused and sucked dry of their very life force. Sales show that almost everyone but a small percentile buy products use them correctly and have no problems with DRM. But until society can monitor itself like any child they have to forced at the inconvenience of others to act accordingly.

It is an age-old tale where the thief is the hero and the sheriff is the bad guy. Until the thief steals from you – then the hero/thief is a bloody pirate!

Also 95% of ebooks on Amazon are $9.99. Hardly a wallet bender.

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