[bookport] Re: Fun facts
- From: Chris Hill <hillco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:42:20 -0500
Publishers are the ones who will demand the encryption and the man
that has the gold makes the rules.
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:17:36 -0500, you wrote:
>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:
>: > } Subject: [bookport] Re: Fun facts
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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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>: > } directly to CF I understood some (or all?) data types will in future
>: > be =
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>: > } key. If
>: > } done so, CF from BC and BP will not be interchangabe for encrypted
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