Thread: Why ebooks are bad for you
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Old 06-11-2011, 03:55 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by jbcohen View Post
After reading this article I must admit that Mr. Stillman has no idea what he is talking about and is another example how idiots frequently pass themselves off as experts. What Mr. Stillman fails to understand is the DRM and formats are simple innocnviences for electronic book readers. A reader with average intelligence, something that Mr. Stillman clearly does not have, can easily eliminate the DRM and change the format to what ever he/she wants. A dear friend of mine bought himself a Kobo, buys books from Amazon, uses Calibre to strip out the DRM and change the format to epub then he uplaods it to his Kobo. "It takes me approximatly five minutes" he says.
I'm sorry, but the fact that people are able to circumvent some DRM measures, doesn't mean that everything is alright. It's not certain that there will ALWAYS be a way to circumvent DRM, and what is certainly obvious is that many "regular" non-techy people don't know anything about this.
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