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Originally Posted by LtChambers
I care about copyright and IP and so do most other people who download DRM-free media. It's obvious that authors won't write books if they won't/can't get paid. But it's equally obvious - if you know anything about piracy - that DRM hinders consumers much more than it does pirates, so it's useless except to stop the most casual copying which until now has always been legal with books anyway (by sharing)!
If you try to hold the 505 with one hand for a long time it gets heavy; at least I have to keep switching hands or use both. As for pocketable, it's not uncommon that I find myself waiting somewhere and I'd like to read, but I don't carry around a bag. I guess to a woman with a purse there'd be no problem carrying a large screen but I'd rather have something without needing a bag. The Readius would have been perfect for this purpose but they went bankrupt.
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Minor point on the "book sharing": with p-books, it is pretty straightforward, one copy is all there is. With e-books, all of a sudden you can have widespread "sharing" (even between strangers) and hundreds/thousands of unauthorized copies, 'shared' around the globe instantly, from 1 e-book. (I'm an IP attorney by day--some evenings too!--so I do know a bit about copyright, piracy, etc.)
Second part--I actually do agree with you about portability. Which is why I'm looking at the 300 as my next potential purchase. I love the 505, but I also would like something a bit more portable. And PDAs/cellphones are too small for reading novels. But the 505 isn't "heavy" to me! I often read with one hand, and can wrap my hand around it to just hit the edge button with my thumb. A bit smaller would be better.