It is important that ebooks be sold without DRM

Re:It is important that ebooks be sold without DRM by __MatrixMan__ on Thursday October 19, 2023 @09:44AM (#37942823)

The way to solve that is to have the "tip jar" be a smart contract which redistributes inbound money transparently. I don't have a problem with funding the supporting parties, I just don't want the pie to be divvied up behind closed doors where my decision to contribute might end up working against my interests.

If somebody puts together a different tip jar which supports and even wider variety of people, or does so in a more equitable way, I want to be free to choose that one instead.

Let content compete for legitimacy based on how integrated into the wider community it's associated tip jar is.

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Re:It is important that ebooks be sold without DRM by lxgr on Thursday October 19, 2023 @09:54AM (#37942953)

But what if that’s the way the author has decided to do things?

Not everybody wants a tip jar. Why should you get to impose your views over that of the author who’s book you want to read?

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Re:It is important that ebooks be sold without DRM by __MatrixMan__ on Thursday October 19, 2023 @01:07PM (#37945534)

Because I'm the one reading it.

I don't care if they think I should read it in a couch or a hammock or a bathtub, why should I care whether they think I should print it on a page or project it on my ceiling or peer at it through a cloud of malware?

There are people who want to turn the world into a skinner box. I'm not going to fund their project just because I appreciate an author who has made a deal with them at some point.

If I can't pay an author without also paying my enemies, then I'm not going to pay the author. But I'd really rather pay the author.

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