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eBook Piracy May Have Unexpected Benefits

CBC News | Dan Misener, | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Ereaders, Drm, Kindle, Digital Rights Management, Oreilly Media, Watermarks, Digital Watermarks, Ebook Piracy, Amazon, Ebooks, Tablets, Books News

Back in 2009, O'Leary did this for one publisher, O'Reilly Media, which publishes technical books. Surprisingly, he found that sales actually increase...

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DRM is a Business Decision, Not a Moral Decision

Hugh McGuire | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bittorrent, Iambik, Publishing, Piracy, Fielsharing, Digital Rights Management, Books, Audio, Drm, Audiobooks, Media, Audiobook, Media News
Hugh McGuire

When we started building our new audiobook publishing company, iambik, we made an early decision: no digital rights management (DRM). (*See below for ...

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Copyright Office Rules in Favor of Fair Use and Consumer Freedom

Edward Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iphone, Register of Copyrights, Drm, Apple, Copyright, iPhone Apps, Dmca, Ipad, Technology News
Edward Lee

The law marks a decisive victory for consumers and a firm rejection of attempts to use the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to achieve market control that copyright law was never meant to protect.

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Is It Possible To Build An eBook Library In An Industry Full Of Restrictions?

The Wall Street Journal | By GEOFFREY A. FOWLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kindle, eBook Libraries, Drm, eBook Restrictions, Apple, Digital Rights, Ebooks, Books, Kobo, eBook Stores, Ipad, Nook, Ibookstores, Ebookstores, Books News

Reading devices like the iPad, Kindle and Nook will come and go, but you'll likely want your e-book collection to stick around. Yet unlike music, comm...

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Interview with Liza Daly about the Ibis Reader

Hugh McGuire | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nook, Ereaders, Drm, Liza Daly, Kindle, Ereader, Books, Digital, html5, Kobo, Ebook, Opds, Media, Epub, Ibis, Threepress, Ebooks, Books News
Hugh McGuire

We're still calling titles on Ibis Reader "books," but in the digital space it doesn't have to be a traditional book at all. We want to help readers and authors connect with all forms of writing.

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Why Pirates Pirate

Hugh McGuire | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cbc Spark, Piracy, Copyright, Brian O'leary, Nora Young, Books, Distribution, Drm, Digital, Pirates, Cliff Harris, Ebooks, Books News
Hugh McGuire

Indie game designer Cliff Harris recently asked software pirates why they made illegal copies of his games. One of the top answers: "Because of Digital Rights Management (DRM)..."

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Protect eBooks Or Trust Customers To Do The Right Thing?

Mark Coker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drm, Print Books, Zombies, Digital-Rights-Management, Future of Books, Ebooks, John McAfee, Shareware, Business-Models-for-Digital-Content, Books News
Mark Coker

Publishers should trust customers. Most people are honest and well-intentioned. Let's educate them about their social obligation to financially support the author, publisher and retailer who helped bring them this book.

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It's Been Too Long...

Theodore Bergquist | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drm, Interactive, Entertainment, Copyright, Videogames, Digital Downloads, Video Games, E-Commerce, Business News
Theodore Bergquist

It's been awhile since my initial post on here, but that wasn't the original plan. In the coming weeks and months, I'll start contributing regularly ...

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Piracy vs. Availability: A Parable

Hugh McGuire | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rights, Ondemand, Copyright, Books, Streaming, Drm, Media, Downloading, Movies, Internet, Publishing, Illegal, Video, Piracy, Digital, Torrents, Iannucci, Humour, Politics, Satire, Download, Media News
Hugh McGuire

If as providers of content, give me what I want, when I want it, at a reasonable price, I'll be happy to pay for it. If not, I'll be compelled -- when I really want something -- to find other ways to get it.

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iTunes Price Cut: Apple Announces Tiered System, DRM-Free Tunes

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Itunes, iTunes Price Cut, Drm, Apple DRM, Macworld, Apple, MacBook Air, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to ma...

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Wired Parodies MPAA, RIAA: Imagine Handbag Industry Association Of America

Wired | David Kravets | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drm, Mpaa, Digital Rights Management, Riaa, Business News

For starters, handbags would only work in one country. All of a handbag's contents would fall from the bottom at a border crossing, or while on an int...

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