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Originally Posted by NatCh
I've floated the idea before of an e-book that was tied to a physical token. Something like the old notion of "book tapes' that appeared in '50s era SciFi. You could loan the token to your buddy, and wouldn't be able to read the book until/unless you got the token back. You could also sell/trade the token and no longer have access to its contents. Most of the traditional things you can do with a p-book would then be feasible with an e-book. |
That is essentially DRM which allows for transfering it. I don't think anyone here has a problem with following the copyright laws... they have a problem with the fact that most DRM is not robust enough to allow us to read on any device, transfer to others, etc, etc... without alot of hassels.
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