Comments on: The Kindle, DRM and sharing books http://www.4xpdf.com/2008/09/feld-on-the-kindle-drm-and-sharing-books/ PDF News, PDF Articles, PDF Tips and PDF Rants on ... PDF! Sat, 14 May 2011 22:40:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Morten Seeberg http://www.4xpdf.com/2008/09/feld-on-the-kindle-drm-and-sharing-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 Morten Seeberg Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:21:31 +0000 http://digitaldocuments.debenu.com/?p=522#comment-1992 I have decided same thing, almost bought it, but without the share feature, it makes no sense. I have decided same thing, almost bought it, but without the share feature, it makes no sense.

]]> By: Peter Boyer http://www.4xpdf.com/2008/09/feld-on-the-kindle-drm-and-sharing-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 Peter Boyer Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:59:24 +0000 http://digitaldocuments.debenu.com/?p=522#comment-1991 I wrote this to Amazon the other day and ended up talking to one of their customer representatives, but nothing came of it. I have saved the money to buy a Kindle 2, but have now decided NOT to do it. Rather I will begin to look for other ebook readers to see what they have and how their system works. The reason I won't buy a Kindle 2 has to do with how Amazon handles the ebook DRM. As I understand it you will allow me to download a book I pay for on a "few" Kindle compatible devices that are in my account, but this figure of "few" is not published and changes from book to book. Amazon will even allow me to download the book to this "few" devices as many times as I like. This approach is nothing like I am used to from buying regular books. I would think that Amazon handle the DRM as follows: 1. Allow me to download to only one machine at a time that is on my account as often as I would like. Insist that I delete the book from one machine before you allow me to download it to another. Or delete the book from the machine it is on when it is downloaded to another of my machines. 2. Delete from my machine and download the book to a friend's machine, that is Kindle compatible, that I identify for a specific length of time. 3. Allow me to identify a new friend who has a machine, that is Kindle compatible, and download the book to that machine for a specific length of time. 4. When the time is up for my specified friends make sure the book is deleted from their machines and allow me to again download the book to one of the machines on my account. This is a huge difference from how Amazon is handling DRM now, but it is more reasonable for something I pay for. I may not be able to find another ebook reader company that handles things this way, but Amazon is capable and I don't want to buy a Kindle 2 the way things are now. It also has the advantages of encouraging others to buy Kindles because they must buy one in order to borrow one of the books I have paid for. I wrote this to Amazon the other day and ended up talking to one of their customer representatives, but nothing came of it.

I have saved the money to buy a Kindle 2, but have now decided NOT to do it. Rather I will begin to look for other ebook readers to see what they have and how their system works. The reason I won’t buy a Kindle 2 has to do with how Amazon handles the ebook DRM. As I understand it you will allow me to download a book I pay for on a “few” Kindle compatible devices that are in my account, but this figure of “few” is not published and changes from book to book. Amazon will even allow me to download the book to this “few” devices as many times as I like. This approach is nothing like I am used to from buying regular books. I would think that Amazon handle the DRM as follows:

1. Allow me to download to only one machine at a time that is on my account as often as I would like. Insist that I delete the book from one machine before you allow me to download it to another. Or delete the book from the machine it is on when it is downloaded to another of my machines.
2. Delete from my machine and download the book to a friend’s machine, that is Kindle compatible, that I identify for a specific length of time.
3. Allow me to identify a new friend who has a machine, that is Kindle compatible, and download the book to that machine for a specific length of time.
4. When the time is up for my specified friends make sure the book is deleted from their machines and allow me to again download the book to one of the machines on my account.

This is a huge difference from how Amazon is handling DRM now, but it is more reasonable for something I pay for. I may not be able to find another ebook reader company that handles things this way, but Amazon is capable and I don’t want to buy a Kindle 2 the way things are now. It also has the advantages of encouraging others to buy Kindles because they must buy one in order to borrow one of the books I have paid for.

]]> By: Bikram Singh http://www.4xpdf.com/2008/09/feld-on-the-kindle-drm-and-sharing-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 Bikram Singh Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:07:48 +0000 http://digitaldocuments.debenu.com/?p=522#comment-1990 well, i guess we are mot allowed to share the book with friends is a direct result of paranoia resulted due to pirated e-books. i recently bought kindle 2.0 but am not planning to buy many book rather I will convert the books i have in pdf format then will read it. Kindle device is really sleek and sexy. it is fun to read on kindle but in my country (India) as Amazon is not available, i have to get the books from unauthorizes sources and convert it for my kindle well, i guess we are mot allowed to share the book with friends is a direct result of paranoia resulted due to pirated e-books.

i recently bought kindle 2.0 but am not planning to buy many book rather I will convert the books i have in pdf format then will read it. Kindle device is really sleek and sexy. it is fun to read on kindle but in my country (India) as Amazon is not available, i have to get the books from unauthorizes sources and convert it for my kindle

]]> By: Karl De Abrew http://www.4xpdf.com/2008/09/feld-on-the-kindle-drm-and-sharing-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 Karl De Abrew Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:56:24 +0000 http://digitaldocuments.debenu.com/?p=522#comment-1989 This too, is a debate which was also, and still is being held on (electronic) music and video... This too, is a debate which was also, and still is being held on (electronic) music and video…

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