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Re:“The books will stop working.” by IanSanders on Friday June 28, 2019 @07:06AM (#20303124)
Perhaps authors would be more inclined to distribute content DRM-free, and consumers to pay.

Some use this model already, for example Nine Inch Nails and Griz (may be wrong)

Re:“The books will stop working.” by Izkata on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @07:06PM (#20349856)
Diane Duane sells her books directly, as DRM-free epubs [0]. Was quite happy when, a decade after first reading it, I found out So You Want To Be A Wizard wasn't standalone and wanted to continue the series.

[0] https://ebooksdirect.co/

Re:“The books will stop working.” by drngdds on Friday June 28, 2019 @08:01PM (#20309872)
Pretty much all paid music downloads are DRM-free now. There is usually a distributor like Bandcamp that takes a cut, but that's because most artists aren't going to host their own payment system and file servers.