Amazon anounced the large Kindle DX yesterday, 9.7" screen for $489 http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-DX-Amazons ... B0015TCML0 http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/live ... nt-in-nyc/
Dito, also because of the crappy screen, its size, its limited usability spectrum and its limited openness.klikklak said:There was news on mobileread that sony will be making a big screen model as well. Hopefully it'll have competitive pricing and be available in europe. I don't really care for the kindle, first of all because I couldn't use it and second because I dislike drm.
If I send them my copy and don't retain a copy, it is a loan. I am not reproducing anything.Peter R said:When you send someone an E-Book it's not a loan, its a reproduction. You are not allowed to copy out your physical books word for word and hand out the copies.
So when you send someone a file you always delete (beyond recovery) all of the copies of the file resident on any machines you own?lingenfr said:If I send them my copy and don't retain a copy, it is a loan. I am not reproducing anything.Peter R said:When you send someone an E-Book it's not a loan, its a reproduction. You are not allowed to copy out your physical books word for word and hand out the copies.
I don't buy commercial books because they have DRM, etc and limit my ability to view/use them on the device of my choice. Please don't start with the BS that everyone who posts here is a pirate.Peter R said:So when you send someone a file you always delete (beyond recovery) all of the copies of the file resident on any machines you own?lingenfr said:If I send them my copy and don't retain a copy, it is a loan. I am not reproducing anything.Peter R said:When you send someone an E-Book it's not a loan, its a reproduction. You are not allowed to copy out your physical books word for word and hand out the copies.
That's more like it, an e-book reader that won't kill your eyes. It just needs a little more time in the oven until the price burns down, then I can imagine things like this really taking off and replacing many people's need for computers, portable and stationary alike. Openness will hopefully come along with the technology's widespread.fischju said:Amazon anounced the large Kindle DX yesterday, 9.7" screen for $489 http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-DX-Amazons ... B0015TCML0 http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/live ... nt-in-nyc/
Dude, I am chilled I thought that I asked (hence the Please) that we not sidetrack a thread with an assertion that everyone interested in an open source device or emulator is a thief. I agree with you that you would need to delete all traces. I am imagining a library website where you could check out and return ebooks. Interesting idea. However, I am afraid that the ebook would end up being so hobbled with DRM, copy protection, print prevention, etc that it would be nearly unusable.Vorporeal said:Dude, lingenfr, you've got to chill.
lingenfr said:Dude, I am chilled I thought that I asked (hence the Please) that we not sidetrack a thread with an assertion that everyone interested in an open source device or emulator is a thief. I agree with you that you would need to delete all traces. I am imagining a library website where you could check out and return ebooks. Interesting idea. However, I am afraid that the ebook would end up being so hobbled with DRM, copy protection, print prevention, etc that it would be nearly unusable.Vorporeal said:Dude, lingenfr, you've got to chill.
*cough,cough* "chattr +i selfdestructebook.bin"Vorporeal said:lingenfr said:Dude, I am chilled I thought that I asked (hence the Please) that we not sidetrack a thread with an assertion that everyone interested in an open source device or emulator is a thief. I agree with you that you would need to delete all traces. I am imagining a library website where you could check out and return ebooks. Interesting idea. However, I am afraid that the ebook would end up being so hobbled with DRM, copy protection, print prevention, etc that it would be nearly unusable.Vorporeal said:Dude, lingenfr, you've got to chill.
I feel like the only way for that to work would be an executable e-book that once you've used up your time with it, it block-level erases itself from your hard drive. Not gonna fly well with most people.
lulzfish said:There's really no way to pull that off without something really odd like a Steam setup that pulls the books from the Internet, or maybe an encrypted file that has an expiration date, but somehow isn't affected by attempts to set the system clock back artifically.
Now I'm thinking about this... crap.