08-13-2009, 03:18 AM | #46 |
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Yeah for ePub !
And yeah, sony and regionals restrictions. The US site not being available to me was part the reason I chose the cybook. |
08-13-2009, 03:44 AM | #47 |
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At the risk of repeating myself, the geographical restrictions can be easily bypassed simply by putting a different country of residence.
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08-13-2009, 03:46 AM | #48 |
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This is tough for those remaining PRS-500 owners, but strategically I think it's clearly the right thing to do. Kudos to Sony.
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08-13-2009, 03:47 AM | #49 | |
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The worst thing I read in ages...
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This sounds kinda like "Microsoft is now completely switching to Linux!". D'you think this would be good news?! A once free & open format in the hands of some greedy monopolists... Read my lips: As soon as a format has DRM, it's neither free nor open anymore! And you "I like stripping Adobe DRM from my eBooks"-people - in most countries this is considered a crime and like nobody has ever been thinking (me included) the music industry would start sueing single users, they'll be coming after you. Sorry folks, but this is just a smart business move against Amazon and it's all about money & power. Stop thinking of Sony like they're the Free Liberation Front. You're just changing one lock for another... Last edited by gerraldo; 08-13-2009 at 03:49 AM. |
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But DRM can be removed Drm ePub is still an improvement on drm proprietary format. Hopefully, someday, publishers will ditch drm altogether. Last edited by EowynCarter; 08-13-2009 at 03:52 AM. |
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08-13-2009, 03:55 AM | #51 |
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You think ePub will become the standard format?
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08-13-2009, 03:55 AM | #52 |
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Now this would really be something to cheer!!!
I'm afraid it looks like... Last edited by gerraldo; 08-13-2009 at 03:58 AM. |
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And your comparison with the music branch isn't correct. People stripped the DRM and then redistributed those files again. They won't go after you if you don't redistribute or download from illegal sources. |
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08-13-2009, 04:11 AM | #54 | |
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On a side note: Sony's move is clearly an economical, too. With the move to ePub, Sony will be able to get rid of their conversion division and as the DRM will be supported by Overdrive and not by Sony in house, their will be a hefty economical gain for Sony in this! All the better as Sony is not faring too well lately! |
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08-13-2009, 04:12 AM | #55 |
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Now, if just anybody could send me a PM how to (theoretically, of course) strip DRM off epub - just for academic reserach, that is -, I'd be much obliged.
EDIT: Okay, that's solved. Last edited by K-Thom; 08-13-2009 at 04:26 AM. |
08-13-2009, 04:20 AM | #56 |
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This will give me mixed feeling until they clarify how they are going to handle my existing purchases...
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08-13-2009, 04:25 AM | #57 |
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love it! great news!
just need amazon to follow suit now |
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One might argue that DRM is not copy protection but remember: the inconvenience of court case is often punishment on its own. Martin |
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And sure, I exaggerated things a bit, but for lots of people out there DRM-stripping leads to sharing (often just between friends, but sharing anyways - I do that with my pBooks all the time). Last edited by gerraldo; 08-13-2009 at 04:33 AM. |
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And publishers should tanks the people who made the scripts to strip off DRM actually. |
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