... I think there are an large number of typesetters and layout artists who would argue that point. Plain text can just as easily be "protected" as OEBF and...
I have a number of thoughts on this, but I'd like to hold off on a long response. Some short comments are in order however. - Encryption in the open source...
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Roger Smith
rogersmith@...
Feb 1, 2002 1:45 pm
The OEBF format is a "text" format since it is HTML and XML. So that is just as good. This format is not projectable in anyway. Once you move to protect it,...
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Roy Lewis
rcl@...
Feb 1, 2002 2:23 pm
There may some other explination but I noticed that Circuit City is discontinuing the RCA1100 and the RCA1200 and are not restocking. Is this a sign that they...
Dear David Can you tell me how you can build a hiEbook from a OEBPS file? I didn't understand what you meant "from the command-line". I mean, I know what it...
I didn't run across Rep. Rick Boucher's commentary on the need to rewrite the DMCA on Cnet until today, though it appeared several days ago. As the leading --...
... I'd like to comment (don't I always? :^) ), but I am extremely weak on the various technical aspects of DRM. OEBF does have (or had) a DRM work group, but...
... Well, there are actually two (if not more) categories of "putting" it into a binary format. The first is simply archiving it into some sort of archival...
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Jim Drew
ciaopubs@...
Feb 1, 2002 3:34 pm
From: Roger Smith <rogersmith@...> ... Your wish is granted. (And has been for some time.) OEB documents are in straight text. Except for any binary...
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Jim Drew
ciaopubs@...
Feb 1, 2002 3:34 pm
From: "DAmoynihan" <dmoynihan@...> ... Is "3%" just a number out of the air, somehow better than 20% or 5% or 1.84%? (Just up the price enough, and...
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Lee Fyock
lee@...
Feb 1, 2002 3:34 pm
... You've been missing out on a good thing. :-) The credit card number isn't stored on the Palm -- it's used to unlock the book the first time you open it,...
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Michael Hart
hart@...
Feb 1, 2002 3:35 pm
... There is absolutely no reason you can't protect a plain text document the same as with any other encryption scheme. . .such as PGP, DES4, etc. What the...
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Michael Hart
hart@...
Feb 1, 2002 3:35 pm
Isn't this the same one that Circuit City is selling for $295 over the counter? So I'm not sure why they would still be that much on eBay. . . . mh...
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Michael Hart
hart@...
Feb 1, 2002 3:45 pm
... I have heard they were actually prepared to LOSE money on the hardware, as Sony loses $100 on each and every PlayStation, and then would make it up on the...
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Michael Hart
hart@...
Feb 1, 2002 3:46 pm
Has anyone succeeded in actually contacting Congressman Boucher? I have replied to several of his messages with no result. Thanks! So nice to hear from you! ...
... on ... community. Yes, the only one. At best, he's a lone voice in the wilderness. At worst, he's working for the DMCA supporters, to provide a token ...
... of ... sometimes, if it ... branding. ... No organization -- or at least no leaders, and the various pirates probably don't even know each others real...
... A key point. It's worth noting that even before DeCSS was invented, programs to capture the DVD data existed. They would simply scan memory looking for the...
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Edward Barrow
edward@...
Feb 1, 2002 6:49 pm
... <snip> ... Up to a point. I'd prefer to say that it should support an economically-viable business model for digital content. ... This is a key...
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Michael Hart
hart@...
Feb 1, 2002 6:57 pm
... Perhaps it's just because the business model people are finally realizing that this isn't going to be as easy as they thought, and perhaps they are finally...
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Michael Hart
hart@...
Feb 1, 2002 6:58 pm
I wasn't going to introduce this particular train of thought, but it appears to have gotten up a little head of steam. . . . My own premise is that even if...
... there was a ... Sinclair and other ... and a ... which turned ... one. You have your history a bit confused. The early cartridge consoles evolved along...
... Actually my comment about credit card numbers was more that a user might be less willing to give away a document that contained his credit card number (or...
... Don't forget about the increasing use of "single use" credit card numbers. Once the number is used once, the customer may not care about giving it away. ...
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Bill Janssen
bill@...
Feb 1, 2002 10:39 pm
... And, it doesn't work. A real criminal will just steal a credit card (or buy a stolen number, I'm sure they also circulate on websites), and use it to buy...
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Bill Janssen
bill@...
Feb 1, 2002 10:41 pm
... Not really. Postscript is a textual format for graphics, for instance. And raster graphics can be handled with other textual formats, such as XPM (see...
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Bill Janssen
bill@...
Feb 1, 2002 10:45 pm
... Whoa, wait a second! I was just told on OEBPS-Tech that UTF-8 and UTF-16 are the only two valid encodings used for OEB XML. Doesn't that mean I can put...
