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Originally Posted by Kosst Amojan
Really it’s only the interface that has to stay the same.
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It makes no difference. In 10 years, SD cards will only be a memory and my eBooks won't be readable in the devices of 10 years from now.
You are basing your assumptions that the SD interface is still useful 10 years from now. How long did it take for CF cards to fall out of favor?
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Originally Posted by Kosst Amojan
As for DRM again, yes we would end up with a license agreement like DVD’s. Why is that a problem?
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Because, like DVDs, we end up with a single organization that can control how, what and where I can read.
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Originally Posted by Kosst Amojan
DVD’s are freaking successful and that’s what we want for e-books. No one is worried if they can play their DVD’s 10 years from now because we will. And none of this eliminates the possibility of future services to upgrade the tech.
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Really? I have several region 3 DVDs that I have to play in a special DVD player because CSS says that licensed DVD players must respect the (not law-based) "right" to control what country I can watch my DVDs in.
I am forced to wait until certain things are displayed after I put the DVD in my player. I am not allowed to fast forward, skip, etc., these things.
That's what the problem with DVDs is right now. Yes, it's successful - because it's a great improvement over video tapes - not because it's gives users what they want.
And, yes, 10 years from now, we may not be able to watch those DVDs (I highly doubt that they would do this, but...) if CSS refuses to license any more players and if they revoke the contracts of everyone who has a contract. As DVD players fail (and seeing how cheap they are, that'll happen in 5 years) you cannot get a player that will play your content.
One company can lock up all your content and not let you watch it.