Comments on: DRM and the stone tablet solution http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/drm-insanity-the-stone-tablet-solution/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:54:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/drm-insanity-the-stone-tablet-solution/comment-page-1/#comment-34 David Rothman Fri, 01 Apr 2005 19:41:53 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=2521#comment-34 Writers' 'tudes toward DRM will vary, but at least if given the facts, many if not most authors would rather <em>not</em> see their books sold with DRM. It's a real hassle for readers. Besides, the typical writer, like the typical musician, should worry more about becoming known and less about piracy. The easier it is for the public to try out his or her books, the more of them will be sold. Now--as to who's most gung ho on DRM. Of course: the people providing it, especially Microsoft, Adobe and eReader. Many <em>small</em> publishers actually hate DRM--their interests overlap with their writers'. As for the library world, I'd love to see new business models developed to reduce the future use of DRM. Imagine--the $20K that the Binghampton, New York, system spent just on the <em>infrastructure</em> for its e-collection. You can bet that DRM was a major reason for this! Writers’ ‘tudes toward DRM will vary, but at least if given the facts, many if not most authors would rather not see their books sold with DRM. It’s a real hassle for readers. Besides, the typical writer, like the typical musician, should worry more about becoming known and less about piracy. The easier it is for the public to try out his or her books, the more of them will be sold. Now–as to who’s most gung ho on DRM. Of course: the people providing it, especially Microsoft, Adobe and eReader. Many small publishers actually hate DRM–their interests overlap with their writers’.

As for the library world, I’d love to see new business models developed to reduce the future use of DRM. Imagine–the $20K that the Binghampton, New York, system spent just on the infrastructure for its e-collection. You can bet that DRM was a major reason for this!

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Teleread makes the assertion that it’s not writers [or some writers] who are pushing DRM for e-books, [...]

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