![]() |
#151 |
Wizard
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 4,293
Karma: 529619
Join Date: May 2007
Device: iRex iLiad, DR800SG
|
Except in this case, it only takes one "professional" to defeat the doorlock, and then your house is wide open to anybody else who comes along. There is no longer even a reminder, whether they're honest or not, because the lock is gone.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#152 |
Wizard
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 4,293
Karma: 529619
Join Date: May 2007
Device: iRex iLiad, DR800SG
|
Given their efforts to keep coming up with newer/better/stronger DRM methods, I'd say they're looking for a solution that prevents piracy, not just a deterrent for otherwise honest consumers. If they were only interested in the latter, they wouldn't need to keep revising the DRM.
Personally, I think that DRM has never really been about piracy. I still think it's a goal of theirs to prevent piracy, and the excuse they use to get the public to accept it, but that's not the main reason they use it. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#153 | |
Resident Curmudgeon
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 79,806
Karma: 146918083
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
|
Quote:
An even better example could be Apple and iBooks. If you have an iPhone and use iBooks and have bought some eBooks via iBooks and then decided you wanted a reader and got one because it also supported ePub, you'd find out the ePub from Apple is not compatible thanks to the DRM. So really, all this format lock in is mostly due to DRM. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#154 | |
Interested Bystander
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 3,726
Karma: 19728152
Join Date: Jun 2008
Device: Note 4, Kobo One
|
Quote:
It will never prevent 'serious' pirates, it will deter 'casual' ones. Last edited by murraypaul; 09-21-2010 at 01:34 PM. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#155 | |
eReader
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 2,750
Karma: 4968470
Join Date: Aug 2007
Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad
|
Quote:
Right now you can buy ePubs with three different DRM wrappers and no one device can read them all. Doesn't it sound stupid that you have to buy the same book multiple times in the same format to read it on all your portable devices - even when all the the DRM schemes theoretically allow you to read it on multiple devices - but practically don't because the DRM says: "Yes, you can read it on more than one device: but not that one." |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#156 |
Scott Nicholson, author
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 363
Karma: 2029337
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Boone NC
Device: Kindle
|
good idea
I, too, believe in DRM-free books. I accidentally uploaded my first The Red Church with DRM enabled before I realized it was "default." I don't want to have to take down the page and lose all reviews, tages, ect but all esle is DRM-free and I am happy to replace that copy with a professionally formatted DRM-free file (I sell all DRM-free files at my web site).
I hope more authors will take the stand of respecting their readers instead of fearing them! Scott Last edited by Scott Nicholson; 09-21-2010 at 01:40 PM. |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#157 | |
Resident Curmudgeon
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 79,806
Karma: 146918083
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
|
Quote:
Anyway, I am interested in the Changespell Saga books for now and those are the ones I was looking for. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#158 | |
Resident Curmudgeon
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 79,806
Karma: 146918083
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
|
Quote:
But I can easily see people say it's ePub so it will work until they try it and it doesn't work. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#159 | |
Wizard
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 4,293
Karma: 529619
Join Date: May 2007
Device: iRex iLiad, DR800SG
|
Quote:
|
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#160 | |
Jeffrey A. Carver
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 1,355
Karma: 1107383
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Device: Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus, Droid phone, Nook HD+
|
Quote:
Certainly I have both given and received tapes and CDs with music that someone wanted to share with me, or vice-versa. I have gone on to buy music from artists whose work I have discovered that way. Same principle. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#161 | |
Wizard
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 4,293
Karma: 529619
Join Date: May 2007
Device: iRex iLiad, DR800SG
|
Quote:
For that type of user, frustration over the additional restrictions that DRM brings is probably more likely to drive them towards piracy than keep them away from something they weren't going to do in the first place. |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#162 |
temp. out of service
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 2,815
Karma: 24285242
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Duisburg (DE)
Device: PB 623
|
![]()
I'd suggest all writers and puplishers who have already shown here that they care to transport this message to others who already care, nag and fight at the roots of this nuissance. Joining forces and supporting each other.
IMHO a brief official mail to http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ would certainly not be wrong since they are perfectly aware, that ebooks are infected by the problem too as many other things are interest in ebooks proven here: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/carina-drm-free together with this beautiful list to which they link: http://blog.threepress.org/2009/11/1...ee-publishers/ and which I admit to see the first time... |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#163 |
Queen of Procrastination
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 1,884
Karma: 1802
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Nevada
Device: K2, K3, Fire
|
All of my books are DRM-free. I believe you should be able to read a book that you've purchased on any and all devices you own. I also don't mind if you share with your family and close friends...the same as you would a paperback. That just gives me a chance to gain one more fan :-)
Sandy |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#164 | |
neo
![]() ![]() Posts: 41
Karma: 112
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: New Mexico
Device: none
|
Quote:
The first of the Changespell Saga is being held hostage by the publisher who most recently put it out, but the other two are on my list to release in e-format, and I'm still working at getting the first back. 8) |
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#165 |
Author's pet-geek
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Posts: 933
Karma: 1040670
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: North Queensland, Australia
Device: Kindle 3 Wifi, Onyx Boox M96
|
In my view, the whole 'end goal' of DRM is to charge per-view-per-eyeball, certainly that's the dream of the people steering the show right now.
|
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
My new blog pledge: one Smashwords review per week | ficbot | Self-Promotions by Authors and Publishers | 130 | 11-07-2010 06:28 PM |
Author's Guild: We don't want to be the RIAA | ekaser | News | 0 | 02-06-2010 10:35 AM |
Who does the Author's Guild Work for? | =X= | News | 1 | 02-02-2010 12:49 PM |
Author's name | Tanzaku | ePub | 9 | 09-22-2009 09:48 AM |
Author's gender: are you biased? | Over | Lounge | 69 | 05-21-2009 12:21 PM |