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Originally Posted by Kosst Amojan
Off the bat we need standards, SD’s cards are a good start for the books; I think tying them to a physical card is crucial.
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I understand what you are attempting with this idea, but tying an eBook to something physical makes eBooks less useful. Unless you can put several books on the card, you end up having to have several cards with you. While better than carrying paper books, it's far less useful than just carrying the reader.
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Originally Posted by Kosst Amojan
Oh and the bulge would contain some circuits so if you tried the floppy hack it wouldn’t work. Now if the reader is DRM protected then it would be limited to just reading and not copying. This entire scheme however would depend upon cooperation of hardware makers not to make EBSD readers (or USB converters) outside of DRM protected e-book readers. This can be hacked but it would involve a bit of cutting and soldering so most people won’t do it.
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So, other than make eBooks less useful, how is this better than software DRM?
I see no benefit here. You are still locking eBooks to a single solution controlled by a single group. Just like to make a DVD player, you have to get a CSS license, I see that in order to make a EBSD eBook reader, you need to get a license. Such a license may say that you will put defects into your eBook reader (just like CSS does for DVDs).
I just don't see how this solves anything other than reselling/giving away/trading eBooks. I certainly don't see how this will permit me to read an eBook 10 years from now.