Quote:
Originally Posted by JSWolf
Because B&N has decided to have their own DRM for ePub, they are taking what was to be a standard format for eBooks with DRM and making it an absolute mess. We don't need or want this mess. And to be honest, all the people who have bought the nook or have one on order are helping B&N to make this mess. Everyone with a nook or an order for one needs to return the nook or cancel the order. Also tell B&N you won't have anything to do with them until they do away with social DRM on ePub. We need to hit B&N in the wallet in order to try to get rid of this new DRM. We don't need it, we don't want it and B&N needs to be told we won't stand for it. Do you want to be part of the problem or part of the solution?
|
Wait, so you're saying that DRM isn't bad, just the DRM that you can't remove? So in a few weeks when the DRM scheme has been reversed will the nook no longer be "bad for eBooks?"
I can't strip or convert Topaz books either, but to call the Kindle bad for eBooks would be ridiculous. The nook is fantastic for eBooks if for no other reason than providing competition to Amazon (which Sony seems to have never even attempted).
It seems to me that what's bad for eBooks are misleading marketing statements like, "it has ePub support, and ePub is more 'open,'" which are spouted by corporate flacks and users alike. B&N hasn't changed the format of ePub, they're following it just fine. They're just using a slightly new DRM format, which is supported by the ePub standard (see section 3.5.6 of the
Open Container Format). ePub may have a publicly viewable standard, but it was still designed to allow for DRM (which many retailers have opted to use), and therein lies the problem.
DRM encumbered material (whether removable or not) is bad for all users -- it matters not the format nor the device. But saying the nook is bad for eBooks, when B&N is doing the exact same thing as Amazon and Sony, doesn't make sense.