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Originally Posted by Alpha_Cluster
But nobody using the Kindle believes they are advancing ePub. I also agree with the person starting this thread. B&N ePub is bad for ebooks. At least the extensions looked different between Amazons topaz and the lrx format. Now we have two completely different ePub formats both have the same extension and they are not a STANDARD DRM. The standard allows for DRM but the DRM is Adobes that is NOT a standard people.
And for those saying its no more confusing then different formats have you and all your friends been using a Mac for the last 10 years? Everyone I know (even ones that don't understand differing DRM schemes) at least know that a file ending in .epub will not work with the same stuff as a .lrx.
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My point is that limiting your protest to one type of DRM is both counter-productive and hypocritical. (B&N is bad for supporting DRM it but it's okay for Amazon because they use a different file type.)
You're missing the bigger picture. DRM is here to stay until artists (and by extension - their distributors) unite to do away with it. Their take is; as an artist - my product is my livelihood and if others are to profit from my efforts - I should profit as well. I must admit to siding with them on this. (Yes you can loan a book, DVD, CD, but (unless copied) there is still a certain amount of control in that it can only be read, seen or heard in one instance at a time and DRM is their effort to replicate that control.) Who on this board works for free? Don't get me wrong - it's a great concept but it doesn't pay the bills.
If B&N's DRM allows for sharing then I see it as an improvement over the current system.