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Originally Posted by mdibella
Well, PilotBob, while I do agree with you in principle, as long as the different readers are tied to different, proprietary formats, it is indeed a contest. (Hey, I still have a Betamax in my basement!)
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I do agree with you there. But, a rising tide lifts all boats too.
DRM is not about copyright it is about vendor lock-in. As soon as the publishers realize that then they will stop insisting on DRM and some small ebook store like fictionwise will be the first to start selling these books without DRM the device vendors that runs stores will have to follow. It will happen.
Several times here we have discussed the incongruity of Bezos being so anti-drm when it comes to selling music putting up a DRM free MP3 store on Amazon yet locking the Kindle device down just like the iTunes/iPod combo which he was so vocal about being bad. The bottom line is Bezos cares about the bottom line. When vendor lock-in is bad for him he rails against it, when it's good for him he embraces it.
All the above are why I have no qualms about removing DRM on stuff that I buy for my own use.
BOb