Ed responded kindly to my Lot's of People Seem Up In Arms About Sony Copy Protection post with It’s not about copy protection.
He's totally right -- it's not about copy protection.
It's about theft.
Ed is an author by trade. He makes a living selling words printed on a page. If he can't earn money writing great books because people steal them he will find another way to make a living. I'm pretty sure he is married. His wife will not allow him to not make a living.
So, in response to his wife's need for him to make a living...
Yep, Ed Bott has Analog Rights Management (ARM™) protecting his copyrighted material.
How nefarious!
I'm still gonna buy his books, though. That is my choice.
Ed has chosen to include a PDF version of the book on the CD included with your purchase. It doesn't have any form of DRM. That was his choice.
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