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I don't get the complaint. This is the context: "printed books …(stuff that applies to printed books) ..Contrast that with Amazon e-books (fairly typical).. (s
by netcan 11y ago
I don't get the complaint. This is the context:
"printed books …(stuff that applies to printed books) ..Contrast that with Amazon e-books (fairly typical).. (stuff that applies to kindle ebooks and other DRM restricted formats):"
Its fairly typical in that Amazon is the biggest retailer, a trend setter and other retailers and tech providers follow their lead putting out similar stuff.
I don't perfectly agree with the Free Software Foundation at a high level, but I think this comparison is pretty fair. If you compare in most people's physical and legally obtained digital book collections, this is what you will find. The ebooks don't come with the same rights.
- panglott 11y agoe-book != DRM EDIT: To be more clear, it says "We must reject e-books until they respect our freedom." But every single benefit it notes of printed books is also true of non-DRM'ed ePub book, except that non-DRM'ed ePubs respect your freedom even more—your freedom to freely copy and distribute it, your freedom to have it displayed by a screenreader or braille device. If you want more free e-books, just go to m.gutenberg.org, find one, and open it in your app of choice.
- netcan 11y agoI don't disagree with this and neither does the article. It is however true that in the practice, in the wild, ebooks mostly do have DRM. Hence, it's a problem with e-books to the the extent that it is a problem.