Yes, of course it can be removed. So, as you mention, can eReader and Mobipocket DRM.
But this 'Social DRM' won't be removed by the casual user, because they can't, and the techical user who can will see no reason to do so, since it doesn't prevent any legitimate use of the ebook.
Whereas I regularly removed DRM from ebooks I've bought because it's such a pain in everyday use. A note at the front of the book reminding me when and where I bought the book would actually be quite useful! Even more so if it was added to whatever metadata the ebook format supported.
Quote:
Originally Posted by JSWolf
The idea of social tagging like that won't work. All that needs to be done is the book converted to some other format say HTML and the social tags removed and the book distributed in HTML or put back as it was. The only way to actually do it is to do it the war eReader does it. But then again, eReader has been cracked. So that's out.
The only social DRM that would work (IMHO) is more eBooks at reasonable prices without DRM. The more people would actually purchase eBooks instead of trying to steal them.
But then, now that I can remove DRM, I do purchase more then before I could.
|