Thread: Why haven't e-book companies patched their DRM?
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Old 03-01-2009, 07:39 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel View Post
i agree with you ; we need a universal standard so that incompatibility issues will be a thing of the past, but for me, that is tied to format, not drm
Yes, I stand corrected...my major problem with DRM has to do with the lack of a universal standard. I think its the price of early adoption (similar to beta vs vhs) and believe eventually a universal standard will emerge.

Again, I would like to be able to transfer license.

I think the problems with drm isn't so much the concept but the execution. For example, most dvds are encrypted and while it doesn't stop the determined from breaking and distributing, its under the radar of the average user because it doesn't stop people from their right to use or lock them into a particular vendor.
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