Some time ago I saw somebody writing about DRM (Digital Rights Management) which affects their Kindle (or other electronic book reader).
DRM means that if you buy a book to read, thats all you get. the right to read it.
You can't pass it on to somebody else to read and in fact it can be electronically removed from your device.
If anybody wants to know how solve the problem just let me know.
gordon_adl said
12:47 AM Feb 5, 2013
Be careful is all I'm going to say.
spida said
01:16 AM Feb 5, 2013
So can they tell if you have copied it on to your computer then on to a flash stick or other device? Now that is scary! With modern technology then maybe best not to read the kindle in the bath ......... who knows who is watching!
gordon_adl said
01:22 AM Feb 5, 2013
That type of technology has been around for quite some time. My biggest concern would be a first time poster offering advice on how to do something illegal and asking to be contacted privately. Sounds very phishy\internet scam to me.
brickies said
01:42 AM Feb 5, 2013
I new a Tom Eves from Rockhampton , But it does seem strange that on first post offering to get around a problem
buffy61 said
05:36 AM Feb 5, 2013
Yep seems dodgy. But... What does it matter if one doesn't 'own' their kindle books? As long as one can read them any time they like it hardly matters. So far I have had no problem reading my kindle books on any of my devices.
Brenda and Alan said
05:28 PM Feb 5, 2013
Why buy when you can borrow? I download e-books from my library - costs nothing. The only drawback is that you have the book for 21 days maximum. If you don't get it read or want to re-read it some time in the future, you will have to download it again.
BruDi said
06:03 PM Feb 5, 2013
We buy books and download them to our computers. We then transfer them to our Sony e-reader and Samsung Tablet. That way we have a repository of books that are there for us. Other than a library book we have never had any book removed from our readers.
Di
Plodnalong said
05:51 AM Feb 6, 2013
The idea of buying an ebook and not being able to give it to someone else after reading it stinks a bit as if you buy a 'real' book you can hand it on easily when you have done with it.
gordon_adl said
06:23 AM Feb 6, 2013
Never thought of it like that. To me, a very valid statement.
Plodnalong wrote:
The idea of buying an ebook and not being able to give it to someone else after reading it stinks a bit as if you buy a 'real' book you can hand it on easily when you have done with it.
jimricho said
06:32 AM Feb 6, 2013
Plodnalong wrote:
The idea of buying an ebook and not being able to give it to someone else after reading it stinks a bit as if you buy a 'real' book you can hand it on easily when you have done with it.
The problem is e-books could be copied by the thousands, difficult to do with a paper one. The author remains the rightful owner of the of the work in the book, whether hard copy or e-book, (aka "intellectual property") and his/her income (aka "royalties") from the book is based on the number sold. A couple of "borrowers" doesn't pose a significant threat to this income but mass copying of the work would.
Nothing to stop you lending the Kindle, but given the rate of non-return of borrowed books that is probably not a good strategy.
-- Edited by jimricho on Wednesday 6th of February 2013 06:33:36 AM
marggie and David said
05:18 PM Feb 7, 2013
I love my Kindle :) I don't give a damn about not sharing my books I have loand out that many hard copy books and never get them back , I don't read used books anymore after learning that all sorts of nasties live and thrive on paper including mould spores and who knows who has handled it and if they had any sort of nasty on their hands :( maybe I am too fussy but that's me. I can buy books from Amazon very cheaply and have them in 60 sec ,transfer back to my computer from my Kindle if the Kindle gets too full and vice versa. I know for a fact that mould breeds and cross contaminates constantly and loves paper and I sure don't want the stuff in my caravan or house, caravans are suseptable to water leaks which breeds mould and how many of you have been in to a second hand book shop and got that smell when you walk in the door? Not for me give me my Kindle anyday.
Some time ago I saw somebody writing about DRM (Digital Rights Management) which affects their Kindle (or other electronic book reader).
DRM means that if you buy a book to read, thats all you get. the right to read it.
You can't pass it on to somebody else to read and in fact it can be electronically removed from your device.
If anybody wants to know how solve the problem just let me know.
So can they tell if you have copied it on to your computer then on to a flash stick or other device?
Now that is scary! 
With modern technology then maybe best not to read the kindle in the bath ......... who knows who is watching!
But... What does it matter if one doesn't 'own' their kindle books? As long as one can read them any time they like it hardly matters.
So far I have had no problem reading my kindle books on any of my devices.
Di
The problem is e-books could be copied by the thousands, difficult to do with a paper one. The author remains the rightful owner of the of the work in the book, whether hard copy or e-book, (aka "intellectual property") and his/her income (aka "royalties") from the book is based on the number sold. A couple of "borrowers" doesn't pose a significant threat to this income but mass copying of the work would.
Nothing to stop you lending the Kindle, but given the rate of non-return of borrowed books that is probably not a good strategy.
-- Edited by jimricho on Wednesday 6th of February 2013 06:33:36 AM