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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
Harry, you are right that DRM is a big problem, however as i've said countless times before, it's not limited to the ePub format and it's really not constructive to mix the two issues, particularly as there are already major publishers selling completely DRM-free ePub books (PanMacMillan, for example).
DRM is a problem but it is it's own problem, and as you would have seen if you had read the previous posts in this thread, i am talking about drm-free epub, that is, the format itself.
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I have read the thread. DRM is a part of the ePub standard, and if we're going to discuss the standard we cannot simply ignore it.
The "bolt on your own DRM method" feature of ePub
is unique to that standard (unless you know of another format which has this feature?), and raises important issues which don't arise with other eBook formats. We need to discuss as a part of the overall discussion of ePub. We can't simply sweep it under the carpet and pretend that it doesn't exist.
One issue, for example, that needs to be considered is whether or not a firmware creator is going to be permitted to support multiple ePub DRM methods. If not, this will mean that devices will only be able to read a subset of eBooks which conform to the standard - a situation which doesn't arise for any other format.