Monday, June 28, 2010

Apple DRM Abuse Pay Full Price For an Ebook You Already Bought

Apple: Pay Full Price For an Ebook You Already Bought (by @baekdal) #publishing

The picture says it all. The Baekdal's blog post concludes that the smart thing to do is stick with Kindle and Stanza, but I think this speaks more to the serious problem with DRM in general.

A simple upgrade to iOS4 and all of a sudden you have to purchase a book you've already bought? I'm sure that 'bugs' will be fixed eventually, but in the meantime restrictive DRM policies give companies like Apple the right to intimidate and steal.

All other e-bookstores using restrictive DRM are guilty of employing a customer-hostile policy of restricting the after-purchase use of an e-book. E-books should be treated the same as regular books: they can be given away, re-sold, or used with any e-reader hardware or software.

1 comment:

  1. Bilbo, you are 100% right. This is a cardinal sin in ebook retailing. I can't think of a better way to ensure a customer never returns. I suspect that DRM systems mean the retailer may not even know this is happening. Yet another reason to phase it out! - Bookbee

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