Quote:
|
If that were true, then our method would be enough. No, it wouldn't prevent pirates or anyone else who wants to just strip it, but neither does yours.
|
How would your method prevent that? You just attach the file and off it goes to your email distribution list. It would be just as simple as forwarding a blog post or newspaper article-something that's done a jillion times a day on the Internet.
Quote:
All our method would allow that yours doesn't is multi-device compatibility and sharing between trusted friends and family, which you said was not the big concern.
Of course, it also would mean people wouldn't have to pay for another copy of an ebook - what you kindly call a "stupid tax" - if they don't have or always buy DRM-compatible devices.
|
Oh, you are on about the " stupid tax" comment-an insult to a hypothetical family? Come on, now...
Look, the mythical Multidevices family never heard of the possibility of device incompatibility? Did they fall asleep in a cave only to wake up and just start buying dedicated devices? Because that's what would have had to happen if they had never heard of device incompatibility. In the world of consumer electronics, incompatibility isn't the exception: its the rule. Let's review:
In the 1970s, there were three incompatible forms of recorded music playing devices: vinyl, mini-cassette, and 8 track tape. And if you bought 8 track tape, you were SOL a few years later when manufacturers stopped making 8 track tape devices.
Then there were the Sony Betamex vs VHS conflict-ever heard of that?
Later on, there was Windows vs Macintosh .
Fast forward to today. The average user understands that Android programs don't run on IOS devices and vice versa. They understand neither Android or IOS programs run on Blackberries, and Windows Phone 7 is a whole nother family of incompatible devices. The hundreds of millions of people who have bought these devices are well aware of device incompatibility. And this is not even talking game consoles!
Faced with incompatibility on every hand, its hard not to describe the Multidevices as well-incredibly naive if not stupid, not to even consider incompatibility in buying three different devices-one of which is a SONY device!
The average user will understand that a device branded the AMAZON Kindle is meant for reading Amazon books, whereas another device called the BARNES AND NOBLE Nook is probably meant for reading Nook books. If they DIDN'T grasp that, then talking to a sales person, doing a minute's research on the Internet, or reading the manual would have cleared things up . That's why I don't believe in the mythical Multidevices family. No one is THAT clueless.
The plain and simple fact of the matter is that , with a little foresight, sharing a library among one family is rather simple-you standardize on one type device and share one account among up to 6 devices. you may have a problem sharing with third cousins, but then you recommend books to those
.
In fact, Piper, what you really want to do is to make copies of an ebook you buy and mail it to your family members . Well, that's a violation of the author's intellectual property rights and a federal offense. If the publishers removed DRM, they would just make it easy for you to do that and even (you could tell yourself) give you PERMISSION to violate the author's copyright. Well, you can't really fault the publishers for not making it THAT easy for you.