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'lightweight' Drm Isn't the Answer


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The world doesn't need another DRM platform, regardless of whether it's called "lightweight." DRM is annoying for customers and provides a false sense of security for publishers. As author Charlie Stross wisely stated, publishing's "pig-headed insistence on DRM on ebooks is handing Amazon a stick with which to beat them harder."

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