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Originally Posted by jgrnt1
It's not just the proprietary nature of DRM, it's the varying implementations. I use Mobipocket Reader exclusively on my iPAQ 4700. It's the only reader I've installed for several years. However, when I change devices, I have to redownload all of my ebooks, which is a huge task. A universal device, or universal software, won't fix this. I'd still have to redownload all the books because of the DRM implementation.
With books, when I buy them, they're mine for life. With ebooks, they're mine until I change devices, update the ROM, etc., then I have to go get them again. What happens if Mobipocket dies in five or ten years and I can't get a new PID for my new device? My entire library of ebooks will have been wiped out. DRM needs to be tied to me, not a device. That way, I'll always have the ebooks.
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Well this isn't the case with eReader. I have changed my device about 6 times over the past 2 years and I have never had to redownload my books. Since I have never changed my credit card that I used to purchase the books with, all I have to do is plug the SD card into the new device and I am back up and running again.
I think that eReader has a great DRM solution, the problem as someone has already stated, is that they don't always have the best selection of books available. It is getting better and I have watched more and more books become available in the past 4 years. I just wish that more publishers/authors would see the light that if you provide it to us in a format that we are looking for, we won't be forced to get it in an illegal fashion.
-Eric