Thread: B&N and Verizon Jump Into E-Reader Fray with iRex
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Old 09-24-2009, 05:18 PM   #141
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Originally Posted by luqmaninbmore View Post
Spoken like someone who has never been kept from reading their books on their devices due to Adobe's onerous server-based DRM. I could see how another _exclusive_ form of DRM could confuse the issue, but there is nothing to keep any individual device from being compatible with both EReader and ADEPT DRM. Given the choice between the two, any educated consumer will choose the EReader DRM (provided that this is used in conjunction with the epub format to address the issues with formating and image size you point out) because it guarantees them access to their books no matter what happens to B and N or Fictionwise or EReader.com.
All drm is horrible, however ade epub has the advantage of being horrible and already here, ereader epub drm isn't here yet. If devices would be allowed to support both types of epub then fair enough, but if its a choice of one or the other like you have with mobi and ade currently then introducing another type of drm would benefit nobody besides amazon.
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