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Originally Posted by Penforhire
Eh. If you care I'm sure there will be an iPad jailbreak. Call it the Land of iFreedom.  |
There will definitely be a jailbreak for those not happy with the epub and pdf support Apple is offering on the device.
As I understand it you can load on all of your DRM free ebooks. But books purchased via the ibookstore will have the DRM that the publisher demands. If you don't want the DRM, buy from another source or strip the DRM as you would do on a Kindle.
There is nothing anymore sinister about the DRM publishers forced on Apple than the DRM forced onto Amazon. And yes, it is forced onto Apple when they try to get the publishers on board. The simple reason for this statement being that since Apple removed the DRM from their MP3s, sales sky rocketed, Apple knows consumers hate DRM and would prefer to keep devices DRM free Publishers on the other hand, are terrified of the Internet and file sharing so are desperate for DRM measures.
Yes, Apple want to keep their systems closed. They don't want people loading apps onto the iPad that crash the system. They don't want a PC experience on an Apple device, so everything needs to be vetted. If you don't like that safety net, just jailbreak it.