Truth to tell, when I first got to using/exploring my Plextalk Pocket I wondered how they could make a profit on this line of products, it being to a rather limited market, etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clifford Blackwell" <blackwell3@ameritech.net> To: "Plextalk User Discussion List" <plextalk@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [Plextalk] Firmware update?
I don't pretend to know all the ins and outs of the particular licenses involved in this situation. However, it is Plextald that licenses various products with various capabilities for it's line of products. Humanware licenses their products differently.
I suspect that when APH first contracted with Plextalk for the hardware/firmware package that became the Bookport, it said that it wanted exclusivity for the ability to read .brf and .brl books to limit competition from others using the same hardware. IRTI was selling the Pocket at the time and then Freedom Scientific got into the market. I presume APH saw this as a way to try to corner more of the market.
Plextalk didn't need to sell the exclusive license to APH, but they were trying to sell as many units as possible. With their distribution network, APH was able to extract exclusivity for their product.
It all comes down to economics not a desire to keep us from reading .brf and .brl content. These are all economic ventures that want/need to sell products to stay alive.----- Original Message -----
From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@iol.ie> To: "Plextalk User Discussion List" <plextalk@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 8:32 AM Subject: Re: [Plextalk] Firmware update?
but aren't Humanware also a competitor (with the Victor Stream, or perhaps they have a different licence obtained for their own line of products?) , and they're doing it? I think they or APH might accept payment, like. And not all .brf files are written necessarily according to the same Braille rules - they differ between countries, (UK Braille and North American Braille in english, for example, are presently different).
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clifford Blackwell" <blackwell3@ameritech.net> To: "Plextalk User Discussion List" <plextalk@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 2:06 PM Subject: Re: [Plextalk] Firmware update?
You said it yourself. Licensing. APH holds the license for a certain device and they've shown no inclination to allow a competitor the ability to do what it can. ----- Original Message -----
From: "John J. Jacques" <kg7fa2@juno.com> To: <plextalk@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [Plextalk] Firmware update?
Hi all, I don't see the problem, since the Victor Stream can read them! I was told it was a licensing issue, but why can these other devices do it and not the Plex-talk?
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