and then gets sued if they live in a DMCA-style country
i'm pleased to see itunes are going to get some competition ala google soon - proof that they can be beat, if someone has enough cool factor (and i think that's what google brings that various other attempts didn't).
Love to see facebook get a competitor that forces more open apis.
Well, you know what they say, it's only crime if you get caught...and Gibson knows, there's enough open formats around. All someone would have to do is figure out how to get a proprietary hardware to read an open format, and then convert the closed format files to open.. or hell, straight-forward OCR and scan the actual print book... they haven't figured out how to build DMCA into dead-tree format, not yet anyway.
Lets face it, there's already a samizdat underground of bootleg e-books already... it's not much of step from that, that once the hardware gets cheap enough to become ubiquitous, that people will want open format books. And what people want, generally they figure out ways to get...publishers can either profit from it, or watch those potential sales go to someone else.
Google understands this...which is why their backing open formats too..and facebook looks like it might have some competition in diaspora.
either device were available outside of the US without an inordinate amount of faffing - I am in the UK, and I cannot easily purchase (or even use) either a Kindle or Nook. This annoys me as the Nook has just reached a price point which to me is interesting. I have no desire to buy any of the Sony devices on offer, and although I adore the iPad, the reviews which say that glare is a major issue when used as an ebook mean that it isn't suitable as an all round reader.
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i'm pleased to see itunes are going to get some competition ala google soon - proof that they can be beat, if someone has enough cool factor (and i think that's what google brings that various other attempts didn't).
Love to see facebook get a competitor that forces more open apis.
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Lets face it, there's already a samizdat underground of bootleg e-books already... it's not much of step from that, that once the hardware gets cheap enough to become ubiquitous, that people will want open format books. And what people want, generally they figure out ways to get...publishers can either profit from it, or watch those potential sales go to someone else.
Google understands this...which is why their backing open formats too..and facebook looks like it might have some competition in diaspora.
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[when they get under $100, then I'll be happy].
I would be more interested if...
what to do.. what to do?