View Single Post
Old 09-30-2008, 08:02 AM   #874
HPG
Enthusiast
HPG began at the beginning.
 
Posts: 38
Karma: 10
Join Date: Jun 2008
Device: Kobo Aura, Android phone
Quote:
Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
I don't understand this. If I had a ebook business the required people to buy in my format to make money.... I would do everything I could to license the software to device makers. Including not charging a fee to license it. Perhaps to help develop it sure. If they DRM is based on a common encryption algorithm too then there is no danger in even providing a free reference implementation for it.
Ah, but you're trying to apply common sense to an industry that clearly lacks both it and the ability to learn from the experience of others (think VHS vs. Betamax, or HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray)

Add to that the inanities going on in the US Congress and Wall Street right now, and you have to agree with the Arrogant Worms, don't you (http://www.lyricsdownload.com/worms-...-lyrics.html)?
HPG is offline