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Old 12-20-2010, 09:49 PM   #60
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It is indeed a tech issue. I'm a tech.
Are you a tech? Or a wizard? Techs use science. Wizards use magic.

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I don't know a good way to do it without measures a lot of folks won't like. The B&N scheme works because the nooks connect to the network, and the lending scheme can disable access to the book on the lender's device for the period of the loan. Lots of folks aren't thrilled by that kind of remote control, and I'm not sure I blame them.
That's why I hate it--the control. But that doesn't mean the publishers won't love it.

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Just waving your hand and saying "It's tech issue" doesn't magically make it solvable. Some tech issues aren't.
Do you seriously think this would be too hard to solve?
You can't solve it. OK. Maybe I can't either.
Could you have come up with the current adept scheme?
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