Quote:
Originally Posted by ApK
I'm confused by the simultaneous caution against stripping DRM, and recommendation to make fraudulent claims in a business agreement and violate import restrictions. If the rules lock you, the rules lock you. If you're willing to bend the rules, you're not locked.
Also, while many people are repeatedly TOLD they will be locked to Amazon, and therefore may worry before buying if they will be locked, I don't recall seeing word from ANY Kindle owner who actually felt they were locked in to Amazon in actual practice.
|
Removing the DRM carries technical, ethical and possibly legal issues. First one needs to learn how to remove the DRM. While not hard to do it might be beyond those that are not that computer literate. In areas where it's legal to remove the DRM it becomes an ethical choice to do so or not. Where it's illegal to remove the DRM you have to decide if you're comfortable breaking the law.
Make no mistake, people aren't bending the rules when they remove the DRM, they're breaking the rules. So if a person is comfortable removing the DRM that's their choice. But those that are not comfortable doing this it's an issue and they're locked into Amazon, so to speak.
My main gripe with Amazon's Kindle is that they've purposely left out ePub file support. I understand why they've done it. But I personally consider it an unethical practice. More so now that they're on the 3rd gen of their product. All other major eReaders support the ePub format, along with public libraries. Sadly, the average consumer isn't aware of all this when they're in the market for a eReader.