Slightly off topic - Ebooks

[Robert Krawitz]

   From: Edward Ned Harvey <blu-Z8efaSeK1ezqlBn2x/YWAg at public.gmane.org>
   Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 09:43:06 -0500

   > Yes. Don't buy DRM'd books. Wait for another year or so; the
   > market will sort itself out, 

   That's crazy.  The publishing industry will never release
   electronic format materials without enforceable piracy prevention.
   The best you can possibly hope for, at any time in the future, is a
   reader that's compatible with multiple publishers' formats, or for
   the publishers to agree on a single format.  But you can rest
   assured, it will have DRM.  Possibly a newer version of DRM than
   what's currently available, but DRM nonetheless.

Counterexample: Baen releases its books in a variety of formats,
including zip'ed HTML, but with no DRM of any kind.  And that includes
a lot of back catalog, not just new releases.  Try
http://www.webscriptions.com.