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Originally Posted by NormHart
If I am correctly reading Ms. Walshe's comments her article is more about the control of books and the implications of DMR and proprietary access. It singles out Kindle due to it's recent high visibility but applies to any ereader that has proprietary access and DMR content IMO.
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Not really. It doesn't apply to any other digital reader out there because it is only the Kindle reader (which includes the Kindle store, because it is one ecosystem) that is setting this restriction.
The iLiad, Sony PRS, and all other digital readers do not have this restriction tied to them. Yes, some of those readers can read DRM versions of digital books but that doesn't mean it's because those readers are restricting access to the digital books. It's the other way around. The digital books are restricting access to itself. In the Kindle reader case, it is restricting access to both book and reader.