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Originally Posted by NatCh
rmeister0, the idea is that if all e-books are published in an industry standard format then they will be compatable with all readers, on all platforms that take that standard.
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I'll believe it when I see it, which pretty much means never.
The whole point of DRM is to create customer lock-in, and I don't believe for a minute that any of these players, as well intentioned as they sound today, won't succumb to the temptation to try to create a vertical lock on the software distribution mechanism, the software reader, and/or the hardware device. Sony will not be the only provider trying to do this, and that is assuming their product ever actually gets out the door.
Making pronouncements at a trade conference is easy. Actually doing what they say in the marketplace is a lot harder, and history so far is not promising.