Would you read an E-book protected by DRM ?

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Would you read an E-book protected by DRM ?

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Do you E-read books with DRM (Digital Rights Management) controls? Or should E-books be free from any controls which prevent unauthorized copying and / or sharing? Many people say DRM is pointless and counter-productive. But how then should authors protect their copyright? The Russian Puzzle is protected by very strict DRM controls and requires a dedicated reader from a specialist encryption provider. Would this put potential readers off do you think ?
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If the DRM affects the reader experience, then of course will put readers off.

Kindle and Nook both use DRM. Kindle dominates the market right now. Most readers use Kindle and buy their books for Kindle from Amazon.

Those books have DRM and are sent directly to the Kindle from Amazon. It has very little effect on the user experience, so that does not bother readers.

If an author makes it so their book is NOT available on Kindle from Amazon, then yes I think that would be a huge problem for most readers and would prevent them from reading the book.

However, it's not the DRM that is the problem (because Kindle uses DRM). The problem is making the book unavailable to read on Kindle and Nook.
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If it makes it more difficult for me to read the book, I won't read it. But if the book is as simple to obtain as all the other books on Amazon, I'll read it.
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I think that protecting the copyright has to definitely gel with ease of access. If this doesn't happen, then everybody loses in the end.
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I don't think anyone on this website is stealing books or disobeying copyrights, so I'm sure many of OBC's readers don't even notice if there is DRM or not!
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As long as you read the books purely for your own private entertainment then there should be no reason to use DRM. It is only when you reproduce these books for profit that DRM is a necessity.
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Some DRM are counter productive, so It may put off the readers, authors have their right to protect their books but sometimes they have to think if they want a very specific group of readers too. Some countries dont have the necessary means to buy and read certain books from certain sellers. Me for example, I can't buy anything from Nook, it's not a used seller in my country so if some DRM would be tied to that, I couldn't get the books even if I wanted to.
Sometimes people also prefer different readers too.
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I feel disappointed when I can't access a book I want to read. But I also understand the author's need to copyright.
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