[libreplanet-discuss] DRM in the KoboStore; pressuing distributors to stop using DRM?

[Rudolf]

Kobo is the Canadian version of the Kindle and I thought it would be okay to buy an ebook from there as their website lists some download options: Adobe DRM EPUB. Unfortunately I read that incorrectly and thought there was just plain old EPUB. I got a huge surprise when I downloaded it and then it prompted me to download a few different pieces of software.

This is just a warning to other people; there's DRM in that book store. It's messed up because it's a simple wrapper around the open EPUB format.

Does anyone have any ideas on how you would go about pressuring Amazon, KoboStore, and other ebook stores that use DRM to stop using it? I'm thinking of a letter writing campaign or simple petition and contact some technology editors/writers of major newspapers in Canada. Good idea? Bad idea?

-Rudolf O.