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A different angle on DRM
Here's the problem: Copyright laws. If I buy a book, at best I can hand the book to a friend and say "read this". No big deal. With e-text, I can buy one copy of a text and then email it such that eventually thousands receive it. It's like Napster a few years ago only for literature. I wouldn't mind if each purchase has a tag/license that maps the serial number to the purchaser to ensure copyright protection. But then what happens if I buy a new reader in a few years and none of my new e-text transfer because they're licensed to a different device. It's a conundrum. So, Sony has BBeB and Kindle has it's restriction. I have the SONY PRS-505 and so far have built up 127 e-books between the Sony 100 free books offer, a couple purchases, the Mobile Read site and Gutenberg. I don't like the DRM restrictions because the SONY bookstore is limited (not bad, but not great). But I understand the restriction. The only change I'd like to see for the PRS-505 is if SONY would provide mobipocket format allowance.
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