Thread: CNN: Why can't you 'give' an e-book?
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Old 07-29-2010, 06:49 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by Shaggy View Post
It is definitely a DRM issue. That's the only thing preventing you from doing what is already legal under copyright. Without DRM, anybody could already "gift" an ebook.
Well... yes and no. I think one of the reasons the Kindle is so popular is the interface that lets you buy books from Amazon and download them directly to the Kindle. Granted you can email documents to someone else's Kindle, but the ease to the recipient of being able to automatically see the new book in their shelf list, just like all the other books they get from Amazon, is a real advantage.

Those of us who are used to hacking around with our devices, stripping DRM and loading files on devices that don't nominally support such use, can easily forget the usability expectations and comfort level of the kind of audience Amazon is going after.
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