[FM Discuss] things i hate...

[Janet Swisher]

Interesting discussion of the impact of ebook DRM on libraries:
http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2009/10/ebook-economics-are-libraries-screwed.php

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:04 AM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> ...DRM
>
> ugh...i brought a book to experiment with the sony ereader (since FM
> will be producing epubs soon via objavi). and...man...was that a
> mistake. DRM prevented me from transferring it to my reader since for no
> good reason other than I dont use windows so i cant use Adobe Digital
> Editions to transfer the book to the reader
>
> ...Wine runs ADE but doesnt enable USB access so u cannot transfer
> ebooks to your sony reader with ADE....so....i spent more hours than i
> wish learning about the fascinating subject of DRM.
>
> for those that ever wish to research this topic, i suggest you torrent
> something like "DRM Removal Package" and read the epub ineptkey and
> ineptepub Python scripts to see how it all works...
>
> ugh
>
> adam
>