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How to sell a Digital Comic (to me): Don't use DRM. I'll buy the fuck out of Digital Comics if I have some reasonable assurance that I'll get to keep those fil
by DannoHung 14y ago
How to sell a Digital Comic (to me): Don't use DRM.
I'll buy the fuck out of Digital Comics if I have some reasonable assurance that I'll get to keep those files forever. I feel super, super hesitant on buying any digital media with DRM these days, even from major players. I do buy a few TV shows, but I internally rationalize that it's roughly equivalent to a cable subscription (which I don't have) and in the meantime, those particular digital purchases act sort of like a DVR.
I bought one movie and its sitting in the menu list, taunting me, telling me that I'll never have access to it in a few years time. Not doing that again.
- ZanderEarth32 14y agoThat is something that concerns me as well. I don't know what Comixology's DRM technologies are, or if they even have any. I haven't looked, but it would be nice to know that I can export those books that I have paid for to another DRM free format, like PDF.
- flatline3 14y agoThe storage format is proprietary and some kind of obfuscation of the image data is done. According to the ToS, you don't own a license to the comics, so you can't export them, or even hold onto the comics if comiXology disappears.
- ZanderEarth32 14y agoDamn, didn't realize that. But to be honest, it won't change my habits. I enjoy reading comics, not the actual comics themselves. I don't "collect" them, I just buy and read them, and will probably never reread a book.