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jckatz · 09-05-2007, 04:30 PM

This might be a stupid question and it might be in the wrong category.

Besides Sony® not wanting to pay another company for the use of their DMR licenses is their any technical reason either Sony Connect on the PC or the Sony Reader could not handle DRM for stores other than Sony Connect?

It seems to be that Sony® would sell more hardware if it could read people as many ebooks as possible. Heck I would even pay a few dollars to upgrade my Sony Connect to handle more DRM formats.

Since I already have $$ invested in other ebook types.

09-05-2007, 04:30 PM	#1
jckatz Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 216 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chicago, IL Device: SONY PSR-500	If Sony wanted to could it use 3rd party DRM This might be a stupid question and it might be in the wrong category. Besides Sony® not wanting to pay another company for the use of their DMR licenses is their any technical reason either Sony Connect on the PC or the Sony Reader could not handle DRM for stores other than Sony Connect? It seems to be that Sony® would sell more hardware if it could read people as many ebooks as possible. Heck I would even pay a few dollars to upgrade my Sony Connect to handle more DRM formats. Since I already have $$ invested in other ebook types.