[bookport] Re: Fun facts
- From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:17:36 -0500
NLS has never required this before on their books. Why would you believe that
they would start doing that now?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Toews" <dogriver@xxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 11:54 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Fun facts
: It may be, but sometimes that's the only way to get permission to use
: certain types of content. With NLS's impending sometime-in-the-Millennium
: move to digital, any hope that the Bookport has of being an option for NLS
: books lies in this sort of measure, as NLS will no doubt insist on it. An
: evil it may be, but I submit it's a necessary one.
:
: Bruce
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: On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Kevin Jones wrote:
:
: > I hate unit specific encryption in all cases, that's just not the way to go,
: > it's the path of the paranoid.
: >
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
: > On Behalf Of Richard Ring
: > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:07 AM
: > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > Subject: [bookport] Re: Fun facts
: >
: > I must add my concern here. This idea would gravely reduce the
: > flexibility and functionality of the unit by limiting the options that
: > users currently have. Having said that, let's wait until APH weighs in
: > on this one before we jump to conclusions.
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Buhrow
: > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:00 AM
: > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > Subject: [bookport] Re: Fun facts
: >
: >
: > Hello. I sure hope you're wrong and Springer and/or APH does
: > not
: > follow this course of action for transfers of non-proprietary data,
: > including Daisy books from Bookshare. The implication of what you say
: > also
: > means that if you have two bookports, you couldn't share CF cards
: > between
: > them.
: > As a Bookport user, and as a guy who talks to a number of folks
: > about
: > technology for the blind, I would have serious reservations about
: > recommending the Bookport or the Bookcourier if unit-specific encryption
: > becomes standard for all book transfers. Not only would it represent a
: > new
: > level of inconvenience for users on a number of levels, especially those
: > who own or use multiple devices, but would add a significant support
: > burden
: > to APH and/or Springer, helping users diagnose problems with files they
: > couldn't examine on the Bookport, or copy elsewhere for testing.
: > Once again, I can't express how bad of an idea I think this is,
: > and
: > for reasons that I don't think will become obvious until it's already
: > done,
: > and the Bookport becomes yet another technology footnote in history.
: > Please, no!!! Remember, the laser disk!
: >
: > -Brian
: > On Oct 25, 12:57am, <chris.BP.FL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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: > } >From some discussion directly with Springer about some problems and
: > } questuions about BC and (Dutch) Daisy 2.02 books and writing directly
: > to CF
: > } I understood some (or all?) data types will in future be (or are
: > already?)
: > } encrypted, using the BC serial no. to derive some encrypting key. If
: > done
: > } so, CF from BC and BP will not be interchangabe for encrypted data
: > without
: > } special provisions in BC and/or BP, which probably can only be made
: > by
: > } Springer and/or APH.
: > }
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