Comments on: Michael Crichton example shows futility of Draconian DRM http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/michael-crichton-is-piracy-victim/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: nokia cheap cellular phones http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/michael-crichton-is-piracy-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-49443 nokia cheap cellular phones Fri, 03 Mar 2006 18:08:27 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4079#comment-49443 I am jealous of this blog. I couldn't agree more with the comments. If you don't mind I will back to visit.Couldn't of ask for more!. I am jealous of this blog. I couldn’t agree more with the comments. If you don’t mind I will back to visit.Couldn’t of ask for more!.

]]> By: Jon Noring http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/michael-crichton-is-piracy-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-40405 Jon Noring Tue, 03 Jan 2006 20:22:41 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4079#comment-40405 As noted in many places, nearly all pirated ebooks are derived from <em>print</em> books, so it will be futile to try to stop this piracy by continuing to add TPM restrictions to all sorts of devices that could be used to crack <em>digital</em> versions. As noted in many places, nearly all pirated ebooks are derived from print books, so it will be futile to try to stop this piracy by continuing to add TPM restrictions to all sorts of devices that could be used to crack digital versions.

]]> By: Malcolm http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/michael-crichton-is-piracy-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-40395 Malcolm Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:10:07 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4079#comment-40395 Non-starter. You'd also have to require every megapixel camera to have that built in. And force inclusion of DRM into OCR software--and also into any image processing program that could remove the DRM watermark. I don't see the GIMP having compulsory DRM any time soon.... Non-starter. You’d also have to require every megapixel camera to have that built in. And force inclusion of DRM into OCR software–and also into any image processing program that could remove the DRM watermark. I don’t see the GIMP having compulsory DRM any time soon….

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/michael-crichton-is-piracy-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-40372 David Rothman Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:01:38 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4079#comment-40372 The pirates wouldn't care--they'd just do hacks to get around the DRM chips. Besides, many are in countries without the same fixation on copyright laws. - D The pirates wouldn’t care–they’d just do hacks to get around the DRM chips. Besides, many are in countries without the same fixation on copyright laws. – D

]]> By: pond http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/michael-crichton-is-piracy-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-40366 pond Tue, 03 Jan 2006 16:51:29 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4079#comment-40366 Or the publishers, backed by the muscle of their conglomerate CEOs, could just begin publishing all books with special watermarks on every page. Then pass laws that require all scanners to incorporate DRM chips that would read these watermarks, in which would be copying/scanning privileges, so as to make their books unable to be copied or scanned. "Broadcast flag" for print. I imagine they have already thought of it. I hope the day never comes. Or the publishers, backed by the muscle of their conglomerate CEOs, could just begin publishing all books with special watermarks on every page. Then pass laws that require all scanners to incorporate DRM chips that would read these watermarks, in which would be copying/scanning privileges, so as to make their books unable to be copied or scanned.

“Broadcast flag” for print.

I imagine they have already thought of it. I hope the day never comes.

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/michael-crichton-is-piracy-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-40348 David Rothman Tue, 03 Jan 2006 13:46:08 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4079#comment-40348 Well, as noted, piracy will always be a problem, but it will be less so with obscure books. Furthermore, although I'll not brook piracy let me note that there are promotional benefits when obscure books get spread around. Remember, the real goal for publishers--not to reduce piracy losses to $0, but rather to grow profits. You're welcome to disagree. Tha's just my take based on what I've read and observed. Thanks for your thoughts, David, and happy New Year. David Well, as noted, piracy will always be a problem, but it will be less so with obscure books. Furthermore, although I’ll not brook piracy let me note that there are promotional benefits when obscure books get spread around. Remember, the real goal for publishers–not to reduce piracy losses to $0, but rather to grow profits. You’re welcome to disagree. Tha’s just my take based on what I’ve read and observed. Thanks for your thoughts, David, and happy New Year. David

]]> By: David Brake http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/michael-crichton-is-piracy-victim/comment-page-1/#comment-40338 David Brake Tue, 03 Jan 2006 12:55:12 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4079#comment-40338 I disagree with the assertion "Pirates won’t really mess with the obscure books." They won't if it means OCR but one of the reasons Napster's defenders said it was important was that you could easily get at lots of obscure stuff that you couldn't get in your local record store. If ebooks were just as easy as MP3s to copy there's no reason they wouldn't be shared just as promiscuously at both ends of the "long tail". Whether this would be a good thing or not and what the harm would be, however, is another story. I disagree with the assertion “Pirates won’t really mess with the obscure books.” They won’t if it means OCR but one of the reasons Napster’s defenders said it was important was that you could easily get at lots of obscure stuff that you couldn’t get in your local record store. If ebooks were just as easy as MP3s to copy there’s no reason they wouldn’t be shared just as promiscuously at both ends of the “long tail”. Whether this would be a good thing or not and what the harm would be, however, is another story.

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