Quote Originally Posted by Dreadnaught View Post
But if Amazon uses Overdrive for Kindles, does it really change the dilemma of how exactly you limit the distribution of library-donated books and avoid a free-for-all?
Its not really a change, but more of an acceptance that the current licensing business model isn't an answer for everything. Libraries have existed for almost as long as civilization, trying to cut them out suddenly because of a change of format was a short sighted decision that didn't work. What the libraries are seeing now is very similar to how databases reacted to library access 10 or so years ago. I'm say within the next decade libraries will have subscription based all or nothing lending models set up with publishers, much like netflix has with studios, which is exactly how our databases now work. The current model of having to buy each book individually, and having t rebuy it every year or so, the publishers can't maintain that.

pirated ebooks aren't like hidden theater cams. They aren't released in some odd format that no one can use. They can be the same format they were originally released in, but without the DRM license tag (same as cracked video game DRM), or they could have their format switched to pdf, because if you can read it, it can be copied. Which is exactly what early kindle drm crack programs did. They would "read" (scan) the ebook and output it was a new pdf file.
When ereaders were new the Sony readers were so popular because of how well they supported open and non-DRM titles.