Thinking Through a Strategy for Digital Rights Management
Do unauthorized copies of a book take sales away from authorized copies? Or do unauthorized copies serve as promotional tools, actually increasing sales of authorized copies? Let’s do an imaginary...
View ArticleWhy the death of DRM would be good news for readers, writers and publishers
The decision by Tor Books to ditch digital rights management signals the beginning of the end of the ebook format wars. At the end of April, Tor Books, the world’s largest science fiction publisher,...
View ArticleDRM Tip Sheet (ALA’s Digital Content and Libraries Working Group)
ALA’s Digital Content and Libraries Working has just released a “tip sheet” that ALA says, “provides background on digital rights management—systems producers, publishers and vendors use to control...
View ArticleCan Libraries Lend eBooks Without DRM?
Libraries have built another powerful social construct around lending books. You would think that libraries would be able to think of a way to do this for ebooks without resorting to DRM software. But...
View ArticleIndie booksellers sue Amazon and the Big Six over DRM
Three independent booksellers are looking to change the lines of engagement over e-books and DRM this week with a new lawsuit against Amazon and the Big Six publishers both. Booksellers Fiction...
View ArticleDRM encourages piracy, not libraries!
We hear a lot from publishers about how libraries, by providing eBooks, are some how causing publishers to lose money. Richard Mollet, the CEO of the Publishers Association (who is a very nice chap...
View ArticleSteal This E-Book?
Digital rights management, or DRM, is a set of technologies used to control piracy. An example is the “Fairplay” system that Apple used until recently on most songs sold in its iTunes store. Fairplay...
View ArticleNew DRM (SiDiM) Promises to Ruin a Good eBook in the Name of Protecting It
Do you like to read authors that write with a subtle mastery of the English language? Then you’re probably going to hate this new idea. The Fraunhofer Institute, a German research firm with the motto...
View ArticleInternational Day Against #DRM – Wednesday, May 3rd #dayagainstdrm
On May 3rd, the world comes together to say no to Digital Restrictions Management. If we want to avoid a future in which our devices serve as an apparatus to monitor and control our interaction with...
View ArticleDRM-Free Titles Coming to the Ebook Central Platform
ProQuest removes print, copy and download restrictions to offer unlimited access… ANN ARBOR, MI, June 20, 2018 – Researchers who use ProQuest’s industry-leading Ebook Central® platform will soon be...
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