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Originally Posted by frabjous
You can't read a DRMed ebook from Sony on a Kindle either, so how does getting a Kindle help?
And for what it's worth, taking clips out of DRMed books and redistributing it just as illegal as removing DRM. You're not supposed to be able to extract text from DRMed books. That's kind of the whole point.
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Mmm, not sure why this is getting heated. Apologies if I have offended.
My point is this. I only have a few Sony bought and DRM'd books. It would be great to clip and paste from them. Doesn't work. But most of my "books" are articles that I make into e-books - so no DRM. So I am not at all that bothered about cutting and pasting from Sony DRMs. You are right, having a Kindle doesn't help in that respect.
But the key point is regarding cutting an pasting from my own created "books" from articles on the web for example. The Sony PRS 600 and 900 do not allow this. Only the Kindle and PocketBooks.
As to the DRM issue. Well I believe you are allowed to photocopy paper books up to 10% for personal use and not for redistribution. This is all I want to do: some clips from books. Whether you clip them or hand copy them, surely it is the same. So long as you do not distribute them, and use them for your own personal use, it's okay. Otherwise how could students at college or university get along if they cannot quuote from a book ? If they can do it from a paper book, surely they are not restricted from doing the same from an e-book, DRM'd or not.
If this is not the case, then Amazon and PocketBook are both in breach of a law somewhere, but I don't see either of them being dragged through the High Court.
So, I hope that explains. The Sony's are great readers, they just don't do what I want them to do. I recently read a 400 page book and probably clipped out sentances and paragraphs that amounted to 5 pages in total. The Kindle does what I want it to I hate the keyboard, and would prefer a native Word.
Best regards,
Hal.