I’ve got a Kindle 2. Love it. The only thing I’ve ever bought from the Kindle store is a subscription to NYT Breaking News that gets pushed to my device every few hours.
Aside from that, I download “scanned” versions of the books I want to read. If I like the book and continue to read it, I’ll pick up a paperback version to lend to friends without Kindles. If I don’t like it, I just delete it. Either way, I’m happy, the author gets some money, and I’m not tied to some retarded DRM scheme.
I don’t feel bad about doing this, because if the publishers made the e-books available without DRM, I’d buy ‘em in a heartbeat. But as it stands, the only way I can “own” the book and make sure the publishers don’t revoke my license to read it is to “steal” a copy.
Thanks, publishers!