Please note all of my thoughts are as a comics reader in the United States. Lots of talk going on about the Comixology changes in the digital comics threads on the DC and Marvel boards respectively, and I've been turning a lot of this around in my head. I'll just say that I subscribe to Cory Doctorow's visions on the matter). (I know some people think DRM is legit and I won't go down that rabbit hole in further posts.

So you can also advocate the use of Calibre to remove the DRM on ebooks and digital comics files, exactly to protect yourself from situations like that one CMX is undergoing now. The very use of DRM by digital sellers is something on the verge of illegality because a purchase should be a purchase, no strings attached. The same about Humble Bundle and Rebellion, which sells DRM-free comics.ĭigital is perfect when you avoid buying DRM-ed goods. All the comics I purchased on CMX from DRM-free publishers like Image, Fantagraphics, IDW, etc (the majority of my purchases) are safely saved on my HD, with backups. In the ComiXology case, the risk was always on the comics released by Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and other publishers that insist on using DRM. I bought four films on iTunes before realizing they weren't DRM-free like the music albums and never bought them again. You can't even watch them on an external display with ease. It means you can only watch them in Apple hardware, can't copy and transport them to watch elsewhere, etc. The same applies to my purchases on Bandcamp. They'll still be mine if iTunes goes down or if they are removed from the store. I buy them, download them to my HD, make backups, and they are mine. I already bought hundreds of albums on iTunes and never had a single problem. The problem is not digital, it's digital with DRM.

Cost of comixology unlimited