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knc1 · 05-12-2017, 12:05 AM

It has been a long time since I spoke with Alex about this subject, but I can't think of any reason things might have changed.

The official position is to not take a position.

Translation: You are correct.

Discussions of problems associated with DRM are alright, it is in the site guidelines and policy statements as such.

Suggestions, advice, recommendations, whatever word you choose could be considered "taking a position".
And just having a site-wide disclaimer that what members write is not a statement of the site's position does not work in all countries (Alex specifically mentioned that they had problems with that in the early days of Mobileread).

So "advice" to avoid or to use a specific format would have to be a decision left up to the reader, not the author (or the site).

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knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	It has been a long time since I spoke with Alex about this subject, but I can't think of any reason things might have changed. The official position is to not take a position. Translation: You are correct. Discussions of problems associated with DRM are alright, it is in the site guidelines and policy statements as such. Suggestions, advice, recommendations, whatever word you choose could be considered "taking a position". And just having a site-wide disclaimer that what members write is not a statement of the site's position does not work in all countries (Alex specifically mentioned that they had problems with that in the early days of Mobileread). So "advice" to avoid or to use a specific format would have to be a decision left up to the reader, not the author (or the site). Last edited by knc1; 05-12-2017 at 12:23 AM.