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Old 01-22-2009, 04:55 PM   #74
GntlmnBndt
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Originally Posted by Lemurion View Post
Standard format is huge - and DRM is one of the biggest barriers to that standard format. I don't care about the copy protection issue so much as the fact that I can't read all my books on all my devices due to DRM restrictions.
Heh... One might think that a standard format would fix the sitch, but once EPUB files are available with DRM from either eReader or Adobe, I don't think the common format will help much. Then again, hoping for a single DRM solution doesn't seem to help either: most of the Kindle books use essentially standard Mobi DRM, but Amazon has still managed to partition off Mobi and Kindle customers into different stores with different books available.

I am becoming convinced that Gutenberg himself could climb out of his unmarked grave, just to give us a universal solution, and the major players would search for a way to fracture the market.

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