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Originally Posted by HarryT
ePub has a major problem which is that the standard permits any DRM system to be used on the file, and for the result to be called "ePub". At the moment we have "Adobe Digital Editions" ePub files with Adobe DRM; shortly we'll also have ePub files with eReader DRM too. Who knows how many other additional DRM mechanisms we'll see added to "ePub" in the next year or two?
It all has the potential for massive confusion, with a maze of mutually incompatible files all (perfectly correctly) calling themselves "ePub" files.
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wow Harry, i've never seen anyone go to so much trouble to undermine a format, particularly one which is the new industry standard (a good thing to have) and actually a very good, well-designed format, which is infinitely more suited to ebooks than any other existing format.
rather that spreading a bunch of FUD among our members, why don't you try to address this concern by mentioning it to hadrien, since we are lucky enough to have someone who is actually a member of ipdf as a moderator ? perhaps he can tell you how they intend to address this, or transmit your concerns to ipdf so that it can be addressed.