10-19-2018, 08:22 AM | #61 | |
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Kobo have their own ePub variant, and two different rending engines, which display the same book differently depending on which format it is in. Amazon are just cruising along quite happily on their own. |
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Think of Rowling keeping digital rights and refusing to do digital and when she finally caved, doing it through Sony instead of going through the established stores. There are plenty of authors that license audio or regional rights independently. Or not at all. At their discretion. That is copyright control. Saying no is part of the deal. |
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10-19-2018, 09:52 AM | #63 | |
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They took to heart the Apple mantra of "it just works". Like Apple they don't "burden" the user with choices or features. It costs them some hardware sales on the margins but it saves them money on their end. And, when you get down to it, their goal is selling the books more than the hardware. Which is why they are one of the very few outfits still supporting an optional online reader. Hardware is just one way to draw customers in. The more time and effort competitors spend arguing over plumbing, the less they have left to spend on competing at the bookstore level. And the more they muddy the commercial epub waters, the clearer the Kindle value looks. Latest word is Sony wants to do Blockchain DRM. So yet another "standard" is gestating. https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/15/...-next-gen-drm/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/sony-e...otection-tech/ Catfights to follow. https://boingboing.net/2018/10/17/an...-drowning.html |
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Keeping a book out of print has nothing to do with a new DRM scheme. It just derails the conversation into a tired old debate. It's like when someone feels the need to bring up Lyndon LaRouche. |
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And personally, I like adept, can be easily removed . I'll be more wary with buying stuff if I can't remove the DRM anymore. |
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See Nate Hoffelder's blog at Adobe Releases New Epub DRM for his take on this being a tempest in a teapot. |
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Basic principles. You can't create a book that can be read but not cracked. If nothing else an application attached to a camera can read it off a screen and recreate it.
What you can do is: 1) Create a device that displays only books with uncracked DRM. A device can be uncrackable. We all know the answer to that one. Anybody with brains won't buy it if there is a viable alternative. Still, the next kindle might only display Ebooks after the licence if confirmed via internet connection. Alternatively it can search a download for key passages of copyrighted text. How would you feel if you read half the book then your Kindle demanded cash to finish it? Lots of cash as a fine? Blacklists itself from the net for piracy? 2) Popularise Ebooks with additional interactive online content. Access to a web site can be uncrackable. How good is your social status/self esteem if you can read the book but not get involved with the whole experience? |
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Authors have done this for years. It's called a series. "And if you liked this novel-length teaser, get your wallets ready for the REST of the story!" There's plenty of readers who already love being held for ransom by their favorite authors for decades at a time.
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I am talking about firmware in the kindle that will detect copyright material and react. You could load a pirated copy but it will just do a text compare with samples from a large selection of Amazon's better sellers. The processing power and storage involved is feasible. The sting would be to not simply deny access to a pirated book but to do it in the most irritating way possible. I have heard of ideas for slowly removing features from pirated games on the same principle. |
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