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Egghead · 10-30-2007, 04:28 PM

It presupposes that someone would want to read a DRM'd book.

There are 4 formats that Cybook supports:
txt - not DRM'd.
html - not DRM'd
pdb - either not DRM'd, or DRM'd in eReader format, which is not supported.
prc - DRM'd, requiring Mobipocket software, which is Windows-only.

Why does the epublishing industry want to prevent me from putting the titles I've purchased onto a portable device? I'd like to be a good citizen, but this behavior on the part of the industry encourages piracy.

10-30-2007, 04:28 PM	#10
Egghead Mentat Posts: 78 Karma: 77 Join Date: Jun 2006 Device: Bookeen Gen3 Cybook	It presupposes that someone would want to read a DRM'd book. There are 4 formats that Cybook supports: txt - not DRM'd. html - not DRM'd pdb - either not DRM'd, or DRM'd in eReader format, which is not supported. prc - DRM'd, requiring Mobipocket software, which is Windows-only. Why does the epublishing industry want to prevent me from putting the titles I've purchased onto a portable device? I'd like to be a good citizen, but this behavior on the part of the industry encourages piracy.