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Originally Posted by pilotbob
This is different. I can run Mobipocket and MS Reader and eReader DRMed files all on my PC. Also, in this case it is Mobipocket providing the app for the iPhone/iPod platform rather than apple licensing the software/DRM to bundle with the devices.
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Which makes me curious about Mobipocket's reasoning.
They provide the reader free for a variety of platforms, includingg PCs, PocketPC/Windows Mobile devices, Palm OS devices, Symbian based smartphones, and Blackberries, most of which can run applications that use other foirms of DRM as well, but won't license thier DRM to hardware vendors who want to embed their app if they intend to support any other form of DRM?
Sounds like an attempt to lock in market share for their DRM protected commercial ebook offerings.
Of course, things might get interesting if the market decides DRM is counter productive and stops applying it...
(I don't expect to see that happen any time soon, mind you.)
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Dennis