First let me say I hate DRM and avoid it whenever possible. That said Sony sold me many books and they gave me the means to read those books. Since they use Adobe DRM there are many applications and devices that will read these books. Sony leaving the market does not change anything.
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Originally Posted by LaughingVulcan
And edit to add... With my MP3 collection, I utterly have the ability to keep my collection around forever and so long as someone makes a player that can handle MP3 files I have access.
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Exactly the same for your books. As long as there is a reader that will open your books, you can read them forever.
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Originally Posted by LaughingVulcan
With DRMed eBooks, I have the ability to keep my collection around and accessible for only as long as the vendor exists.
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The vendor does not need to exist for you to access your books, just software that will open your book. Did Sony take
their software back?
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
When I buy a pbook, I have full control over the book, and can continue to possess it for as long as I can continue to preserve its form. When I buy an ebook, I am dependent on the vendor giving me permission each time I want to read. But we all know this already.
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The vendor doesn't have to give you permission each time. But we all know this already.
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My point is: since the vendor has sold me the book, but expects me to go to his "house" to read it, (and, weirdly, I agreed to this ridiculous deal,) the vendor has an obligation to let me in so I can read my book -- whenever I damn well want! This obligation doesn't go away just because the vendor feels like withdrawing from the market.
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Sony pulling out of the market has no affect on my ability to read books that I bought from them.
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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Granted, I have the means to "steal" my property back. But that isn't a vindication of what Sony is doing...
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Vindication? Sony is simply choosing not to sell ebooks anymore. You don't need to steal anything. Sony has not blocked anyone from reading the books that they purchased.