Cory Doctorow, the keynote speaker at the O'Reilly Tools of Change (TOC) conference at the Frankfurt Book Fair, had a few choice words for publishers who continue to use DRM on their e-books, calling them "the real pirates," and "bent on the destruction of publishing."
Doctorow is the author of the Boing-Boing blog and long time activist in the industry.
Says Doctorow, via BookSeller.com: ... [ read the full article ]
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I've not dealt with 4-books before so I have to ask. Is the drm used with this format of books as easy to circumvent as it is for music and movies? If so and at not that great of an inconvenience to the user, then thre's really no prlbem that I see. Purchase the books you want, strip away that garbage and let the publishers make themselves look foolish.
Originally posted by 5fdpfan: I've not dealt with 4-books before so I have to ask. Is the drm used with this format of books as easy to circumvent as it is for music and movies? If so and at not that great of an inconvenience to the user, then thre's really no prlbem that I see. Purchase the books you want, strip away that garbage and let the publishers make themselves look foolish.
The problem with Digital Download DRM is that its so entwined with the object it protecting that attempts to modify it will often damage the Object whatever it maybe.
the new Ibook has tabs, a built in numbering system, along with a 1 touch page flipping system and they dock with a Ibookshelf where you can store upto 32+ Ibooks depending on there size.
As long as dumbass users purchase wisps of air it will continue...unfortunately that's about the majority of the general public. This applies to ALL electronic media, apps and content. Collectively we get what we deserve.
