What makes me nervous is that the sole purpose of the E-Book scam is to screw more money out of the consumer- as with music CD's the production costs for publishers will go way down, the price of the product will go up, the life span of the product will be less (yes, CD's degrade faster than vinyl and/or paper)so sales will increase over time and most authors will continue to receive relatively small sums for their efforts. As the article points out, with the new format costs to libraries- most already way underfunded- to simply stay even will increase. Ditto school libraries, which have virtually no funds at all. How many folks on low and moderate incomes will be able to shell out for an E-Book reader or computer? Who comes out ahead in all this? Only the publishers- and the computer manufacturers, perhaps- what better way to boost lagging PC sales?
If you want to worry about a conspiracy, THAT'S the one to be concerned about.