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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan
Speak for yourself, my friends and family don't read in English... and my books are mine  |
There are now many internet translation sites where entire books can be copied to and from any language.
However, the song problem has been solved by Amazon. All songs are now issued in a standard MP3 format by Amazon and no DRM has been added other than a license number in the metadata. One can play them on any device or computer since they are now a standard. One can make as many backup copies as one wishes.
All the new devices can play the new MP3 standard. There used to be many forms of songs but now all have faded out even if they had better quality. The serial number precludes file sharing sites from distributing that music now. Music without the license number could easily be detected as illegal.
Maybe eBooks need the same solution. Amazon and Apple should come up with an international standard and insert a license number. Then any eReader could display the eBooks and all this DRM removal problem would be solved. All eReaders would have to be able to read the same files.
If I buy a song now, I can play it on an iPad, PC, Kindle Fire or any other device. They all play the MP3 standard. iTunes used to be heavily protected and even that product now matches the MP3 standard.