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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Believe me, I do read what you write.
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Then you aren't reading very well.
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
My point is, the fact that iPods aren't filled with 100% iTunes music doesn't mean that the iPod and iTunes combination aren't a product that has been heartily endorsed and accepted by a significant part of the population, and has proven to be commercially successful, DRM, proprietary formats, and all.
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And my point is that the popularity of the iPod isn't the endorsement you think it is.
Re-read what you wrote. "the fact that iPods aren't filled with 100% iTunes music".
The fact is that the iPod isn't filled with many iTunes songs at all. Meaning that DRM isn't "heartily endorsed" and has not been "accepted by a significant part of the population". Yes, it's been commercially successful for Apple - but not for anyone else, especially the companies represented by the RIAA.
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
In fact, the fact that iPods can also play non-DRM'd, non-proprietary MP3s as well as Apple's formats makes it that much more valuable to the consumer, as the Kindle's being able to play non-DRM'd Mobi files will similarly make it more valuable.
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The market has already shown that DRMed iTunes are
not more valuable.
1. The iPod and iTunes are not the only digital audio players out there. There are many different companies, all selling quite well.
2. The fact that the vast majority of music even on the popular iPods does not come from iTunes.
Getting back to the Kindle, it offers absolutely no benefit over the other eBook readers on the market today, and is more expensive. Being able to rent eBooks for Amazon at an inflated price over paper is certainly not something that's going for the Kindle.
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
As I said, I'll limit my further comments in this thread to Kindle. In that light, I can only say that Amazon and the publishers are doing what they see fit, whatever we think about it. All we can do at this point is try to find a model that will demonstrate to them (or whoever follows them) that DRM'd books and proprietary formats aren't the only way to go.
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And we are doing as we see fit: warning people that the Kindle is defective by design. IHMO, Amazon is committing fraud by claiming to sell eBooks when they are actually doing nothing more than selling a license to read them on the Kindle.