you're forgetting the tapes act up. Sometimes it's one's own player, and sometimes they came that way, and getting the player replaced can be a problem. I'll be glad to wait a few months for a Book Port II that plays NLS, but it isn't sounding like that will happen, and there's no telling how long it will take the library to get its players out. Because they're being so exclusive and high-handed about it, I'm not about to purchase the Stream. Hopefully the stuffyheads at NLS can get their legalized little brains around the idea that other devices are out there.
No one likes monopolies.----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Smith" <ka3lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 8:52 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: nls and current book port2
I don't know of anybody who can't already read NLS books on a player they don't already have available. The only issue, I repeat, is purely personal convenience...a device like the BP is easier to carry around than is a four-track cassette player and people are seemingly incapable of exerting that much effort. -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Snyder Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 12:24 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: nls and current book port2 I still say that a person who really wanted to break the code could do so and make books available. I certainly do not want to break their code. Their severe protection is just making it hard on most people who simplywant to read NLS books on the devices they already own. If RFB&D could makeit kpossible for us to read books on the current bookport, then NLS could make it far less difficult. Of course, HumanWare stands to profit greatlyfrom all of this proprietary stuff. I wonder how many decoding problems NLShas experienced anyway? __________ NOD32 2563 (20071001) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com