Comments on: Two weeks with an Astak 5”: Preconceptions http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/two-weeks-with-an-astak-5-preconceptions/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Frode Aleksandersen http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/two-weeks-with-an-astak-5-preconceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-1146935 Frode Aleksandersen Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:43:10 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/13/two-weeks-with-an-astak-5-preconceptions/#comment-1146935 Actually wouldn't this come under this exemption? (wiki entry for DMCA) "Literary works distributed in e-book format when all existing e-book editions of the work (including digital text editions made available by authorized entities) contain access controls that prevent the enabling either of the book’s read-aloud function or of <b>screen readers that render the text into a specialized format.</b> (Revised from a similar exemption approved in 2003.)" IANAL but provided the books you mentioned are not available in another format, I'd think that would pretty much cover your case. Of related interest, that would also mean that it would be legal to remove the DRM from kindle books, if they limit the ability to use the text-to-speech feature. Actually wouldn’t this come under this exemption? (wiki entry for DMCA)

“Literary works distributed in e-book format when all existing e-book editions of the work (including digital text editions made available by authorized entities) contain access controls that prevent the enabling either of the book’s read-aloud function or of screen readers that render the text into a specialized format. (Revised from a similar exemption approved in 2003.)”

IANAL but provided the books you mentioned are not available in another format, I’d think that would pretty much cover your case.

Of related interest, that would also mean that it would be legal to remove the DRM from kindle books, if they limit the ability to use the text-to-speech feature.

]]> By: Dale DePriest http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/two-weeks-with-an-astak-5-preconceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-1146906 Dale DePriest Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:37:42 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/13/two-weeks-with-an-astak-5-preconceptions/#comment-1146906 For your testing purposes PRC is the same as MOBI. (some claim the difference is DRM but that is not the case, both are the same but Mobipocket adopted the new extension to avoid confusion with other Palm applications that use PRC) PDB is unique to this device and is the old PalmDOC format. It works quite well by the way. For your testing purposes PRC is the same as MOBI. (some claim the difference is DRM but that is not the case, both are the same but Mobipocket adopted the new extension to avoid confusion with other Palm applications that use PRC) PDB is unique to this device and is the old PalmDOC format. It works quite well by the way.

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/two-weeks-with-an-astak-5-preconceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-1146889 David Rothman Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:14:47 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/13/two-weeks-with-an-astak-5-preconceptions/#comment-1146889 Frode: Alas, U.S. law does not permit circumvention of DRM even for the legitimate purposes you describe. Would that it did! I'm jealous, jealous, jealous of people in countries where this is legal. Thanks, David Frode: Alas, U.S. law does not permit circumvention of DRM even for the legitimate purposes you describe. Would that it did! I’m jealous, jealous, jealous of people in countries where this is legal.

Thanks,
David

]]> By: Frode Aleksandersen http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/two-weeks-with-an-astak-5-preconceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-1146888 Frode Aleksandersen Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:23:32 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/13/two-weeks-with-an-astak-5-preconceptions/#comment-1146888 Couldn't you just strip the DRM from the ereader files and then convert them to something else using Calibre? In the long term, that might a good idea regardless, since it ensures that you can always read the books you've purchased, regardless of what device and formats become dominant. Couldn’t you just strip the DRM from the ereader files and then convert them to something else using Calibre? In the long term, that might a good idea regardless, since it ensures that you can always read the books you’ve purchased, regardless of what device and formats become dominant.

]]> By: Felix Torres http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/two-weeks-with-an-astak-5-preconceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-1146887 Felix Torres Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:30:55 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/13/two-weeks-with-an-astak-5-preconceptions/#comment-1146887 On the 6" model PDB means DocReader format and it handles it well. PRC means drm-free mobi. On the 6″ model PDB means DocReader format and it handles it well.
PRC means drm-free mobi.

]]> By: Brian http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/two-weeks-with-an-astak-5-preconceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-1146886 Brian Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:13:05 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/10/13/two-weeks-with-an-astak-5-preconceptions/#comment-1146886 "The bad news is, it does not support eReader DRM, which is what a lot of my purchased e-books are in." While one shouldn't count on anything until we see it. They do plan to add eReader DRM support. “The bad news is, it does not support eReader DRM, which is what a lot of my purchased e-books are in.”

While one shouldn’t count on anything until we see it. They do plan to add eReader DRM support.

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