do i need a kindle

terra_ferma

-TangleFoot- wrote: »

Eh? :huh:

DRM is the way copyright is handled in ebooks, for example it prevents you from converting files, limits how may times and where you can upload/transfer etc.

what I meant is that at the moment publishing houses are not taking action to prevent people from stripping drm and misusing files, but this could change in future.

-TangleFoot-

terra_ferma wrote: »

DRM is...

I know what DRM is. I was just wondering how unprotected MP3/FLAC constitutes 'tightening up'.

Also see: Tor.

UncleZen

Personally I think a Kindle is something that never needed to be invented

terra_ferma

-TangleFoot- wrote: »

I know what DRM is. I was just wondering how unprotected MP3/FLAC constitutes 'tightening up'.

Also see: Tor.

well your post didn't convey your thoughts very well...

What I meant is that in my opinion the ebook industry is very laissez faire right now because they are still competing with paper books, while the record industry have been more proactive in enforcing copyright.
For example how hard would it be to stop calibre allowing an external add on to strip drm, if they really wanted to? That's why I don't think one can rely on calibre being able to do that indefinitely.

mummyroysof3

I defiantly prefer reading on my kindle to my tablet. I have old keybourd one with a lighted case

Dave_C_2

terra_ferma wrote: »

DRM is the way copyright is handled in ebooks, for example it prevents you from converting files, limits how may times and where you can upload/transfer etc.

DRM is a PITA means of making legal purchasers of digital products jump through hoops to use the products that they have bought. For example you can only use on n computers can only activate x times and in extreme cases will monitor your hard drive..

Easily downloadable pirate versions of the same digital products have no such restrictions and can be easily used.

In other words DRM is of no advantage whatsoever to the end user if anything it gets in the way.

This is why apple dropped DRM from iTunes songs and sony/BMG stopped using DRM on CDs. But this evil is still ongong.

More here

Back to my long held belief that if CDs or DVDs were sold for a few pence then more people would buy them (simple economics 101) and wouldn't put up with the rigmarole and poor quality of "illegal" downloads/torrents etc.

Dave

paulsad

I got one for an xmas pressie from my lovely daughter a couple of years back - novelty has worn off for me its now gathering dust - bit annoying that they are all in colour now and much like a tablet - technology eh!
I'd get a new one and a 3d one will come out the following day cheaper with live sexy women being transported out of the screen and you could join in the action ... or was that an episode of Star Trek??

-TangleFoot-

terra_ferma wrote: »

...while the record industry have been more proactive in enforcing copyright.

Mainly through litigation rather than DRM.

terra_ferma

-TangleFoot- wrote: »

Mainly through litigation rather than DRM.

Exactly, it's possible that litigation (or threat of) could stop calibre from allowing its software to be used for stripping drm. There will always be ways of doing that, but calibre is very mainstream and high-profile.
Right now the publishers and distributors of ebooks are very laid back about the whole thing, but it could change.

grizzly1911

UncleZen wrote: »

Personally I think a Kindle is something that never needed to be invented

Of course it did to make even more profit for the likes of kindle and the hardware manufacturers.

I wonder how many are lying dormant?