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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
Its more my extreme dislike of the DRM thats built into mobi. Epub is an open standard (Though Adobe has built DRM into it), so I have less problems with that.
In any case, Mobi DRM ties your books to a particular device. So I have to register every device I want to read on. I object to that on several levels.
1. It limits my fair use of a work that I have paid for.
2. It means they can effectively track what devices I use for reading (and who knows what else).
3. If the DRM servers for Mobi ever get shutdown by Amazon (who decide that mobi enabled devices are too much competition for the Kindle... even though they own the Mobi format as well), it means that any books I have bought that have DRM cannot be transfered to new devices.
Ereader on the flip side uses a much friendlier DRM scheme. While it still limits my fair use somewhat, it is not nearly as draconian... I can read it on any device that has ereader software (unfortunately none of them is a dedicated reader). Its not tied to a DRM server so as long as I have access to the software and my decryption key I can freely switch devices.
Ultimately though, if DRM is abandoned, I have no particular interest in what ebook format triumphs.
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Bill
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I don't think that Mobipocket format will be less popular in near future. Too many people have blackberry and other pocket devices and like reading books on it. I think that most importnat criteria - the number of books available in Mobipocket format on the market now.