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more on Princeton to launch DRM'd textbook program MAKING A KILLING djf
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 10:02:28 -0400
X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 09:53:10 -0400 From: Tice DeYoung <ticed () bellatlantic net> Subject: Re: [IP] Princeton to launch DRM'd textbook program MAKING A KILLING djf To: dave () farber net Cc: ticed () bellatlantic net X-Spam-Filtered-At: eList eXpress <http://www.elistx.com/> Resent-Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 9:57:20 EDT Resent-From: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Resent-To: dfarber () cmu eduX-Spam-Clean: 7% (DATE_IN_PAST_06_12 0, __CT 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __RAL_BOGUS_DATE 0, __SANE_MSGID 0) X-Greylist: Default is to whitelist mail, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (mx4.andrew.cmu.edu [128.2.10.114]); Mon, 08 Aug 2005 09:58:35 -0400 (EDT)X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on waveman.securesites.net X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Level: Dave,I agree with Ted's grandson. It makes no sense to buy something elctronicall for marginally less than you can get new and in hard copy and have it expire shortly thereafter. Furthermore, you can always re-sell your hard copy textbooks, thereby recovering the difference. What about notes in the margins, highlighting, doodling, etc., something most people do? This is one of the silliest uses of technology I've heard about in a long time and shows the fallacy of DRM better than many thousand word essays. I still have most of the textbooks I bought years ago. I'm hoping to go back over them after I retire and re-learn some of the Physics I've forgotten.Tice
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