Fortunately, this won't affect me. I took a decision very early on in the game to refuse to buy anything with DRM on it.
That means my first stop when looking for an EBook is O'Reilly (no DRM, good prices, and most of what I buy is Technical), then other vendors who don't use DRM (not a wide choice, but they're out there). As a last resort, I'll buy from a DRM vendor where I know I can strip the DRM. (Not sure if that's pirating, since I've paid for it - my take on it may differ from the Vendor's).
All in all, I've only lost one EBook so far - one that Amazon pulled the plug on, and which was the trigger for my current stance on DRM.
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by Richard Pillay.
Won't affect me
Fortunately, this won't affect me. I took a decision very early on in the game to refuse to buy anything with DRM on it.
That means my first stop when looking for an EBook is O'Reilly (no DRM, good prices, and most of what I buy is Technical), then other vendors who don't use DRM (not a wide choice, but they're out there). As a last resort, I'll buy from a DRM vendor where I know I can strip the DRM. (Not sure if that's pirating, since I've paid for it - my take on it may differ from the Vendor's).
All in all, I've only lost one EBook so far - one that Amazon pulled the plug on, and which was the trigger for my current stance on DRM.