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Originally Posted by nekokami
I think a portable format (read: no DRM) will be critical for full market acceptance of ebooks.
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I can, conceptually, at least, imagine a DRM approach that wouldn't hinder acceptance. It would have to be a 'standard' approach so that it could be used across multiple platforms, and would have to allow things like 3rd party xfrs and such. It would have to be pretty cleverly built though, and I don't think that's likely to happen: the DRM folks seem to be sinking all their 'cleverness' into prohibiting this sort of thing.
NOTE: I am
not saying that I want DRM, only that I can imagine that there might be some approach that could be livable. Further, i agree in advance with all those who will tell me that this will never happen. I'm
dreamin' here, okay?
