The good news (for writers) is that this means that ebooks on computers are more likely to be an enticement to buy the printed book (which is, after all, cheap, easily had, and easy to use) than a substitute for it. You can probably read just enough of the book off the screen to realize you want to be reading it on paper.
Cory DoctorowI just sit down and the page just comes out and I look at it and the elements that appear on that page have a lot to do with what's going on in my life.
Cory DoctorowThe right to freedom of association is fine, but why shouldn't the cops be allowed to mine your social network to figure out if you're hanging out with gangbangers and terrorists?
Cory DoctorowRight, and you point out something important which is that people who donโt want to pay, people who are pirates, donโt get bothered by the DRM, they go out and buy the cracked books or download the cracked books for free. Itโs only people who are foolish enough to pay for them that get locked into these platforms.
Cory Doctorow