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tdavie · 02-11-2009, 04:21 PM

I bought my first ebook the other day. Not from Sony or Amazon, but directly from an author. In unecrypted format, so that when the time comes for me to buy a new e-ink reader I can shift the format.

I'm not going to lie or pretend otherwise; I've downloaded a few hundred ebooks that have had the DRM removed.

I simply will NOT buy media with DRM any more.

There's plenty out there for me to read, and plenty more I would like to see on an ereader (about 10 magazines and probably that many newspapers), but they don't publish in e-format or they are DRM'd. Naw, e readers will take off and in a big way. Not quite yet though. And it will be without DRM.

It's only a matter of time until there is a standard format.

Tom

02-11-2009, 04:21 PM	#36
tdavie Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Winterpeg, Manitoba, Canada Device: Sony 505	I bought my first ebook the other day. Not from Sony or Amazon, but directly from an author. In unecrypted format, so that when the time comes for me to buy a new e-ink reader I can shift the format. I'm not going to lie or pretend otherwise; I've downloaded a few hundred ebooks that have had the DRM removed. I simply will NOT buy media with DRM any more. There's plenty out there for me to read, and plenty more I would like to see on an ereader (about 10 magazines and probably that many newspapers), but they don't publish in e-format or they are DRM'd. Naw, e readers will take off and in a big way. Not quite yet though. And it will be without DRM. It's only a matter of time until there is a standard format. Tom