TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » Digital rights management http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:16:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 DRM and the Mom Generation http://www.teleread.com/drm/drm-and-the-mom-generation/ http://www.teleread.com/drm/drm-and-the-mom-generation/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:46:02 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=86538 After three years of uneventful Kobo ownership, I have finally had to sit down with my mom and explain DRM to her. This is something she’s never had to worry about before because I’ve always gotten her books for her; the Kobo she has was initially my Kobo, and remains registered to my account. Whenever she’s [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/drm/drm-and-the-mom-generation/feed/ 13 My DRM-Free Year, Month 5: Summer Stockpiling http://www.teleread.com/drm/my-drm-free-year-month-5-summer-stockpiling/ http://www.teleread.com/drm/my-drm-free-year-month-5-summer-stockpiling/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 14:00:52 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=85972 It’s been a busy month for me—school is winding down, so I had class plays, field trips, report cards and other wrap-ups to do. I haven’t read much, but I have been stockpiling for the summer, when I’ll have some time off. I seem to be in a series mood these days… 1. Blake Crouch [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/drm/my-drm-free-year-month-5-summer-stockpiling/feed/ 1 The Raynfall Agency misses the point in its article on e-book piracy http://www.teleread.com/piracy/the-raynfall-agency-on-piracy/ http://www.teleread.com/piracy/the-raynfall-agency-on-piracy/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 18:09:54 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=85407 Claire Ryan of The Raynfall Agency posted a pretty good article today on piracy; it includes the agency’s thoughts about what authors need to know, along with some practical tips for avoiding piracy of their works. Ryan didn’t cover anything new, but she did discuss the basics. I agree with most of what she wrote, but [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/happy-international-day-against-drm/feed/ 0 One year later, Tor Books reflects on going DRM-free http://www.teleread.com/drm/tor-books-reflections-on-going-drm-free-one-year-later/ http://www.teleread.com/drm/tor-books-reflections-on-going-drm-free-one-year-later/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:30:53 +0000 Susan Lulgjuraj http://www.teleread.com/?p=84207 Piracy is the dirty word that companies like to throw around when it comes to digital rights management, or DRM. Many publishers and even retailers use DRM in an effort to avoid having their books stolen on the Internet. One year ago, Tor, a sci-fi and fantasy imprint of Macmillan, dropped DRM from all its [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/drm/tor-books-reflections-on-going-drm-free-one-year-later/feed/ 2 My DRM-Free Year, Month 4: The Internet Archive and my first DIY http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/my-drm-free-year-month-4-the-internet-archive-and-my-first-diy/ http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/my-drm-free-year-month-4-the-internet-archive-and-my-first-diy/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:19:44 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=84153 I am four months into my DRM-free year, and so far have spent just a fraction of my usual book budget. In my highest year—the year agency pricing came out, and I binged in preparation—I spent $1,300, for an average of $108 per month. This year, I am down to less than $20 per month, [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/my-drm-free-year-month-4-the-internet-archive-and-my-first-diy/feed/ 1 Morning Links: 10 delicious literary beers to drink while reading http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-links-10-delicious-literary-beers-to-drink-while-reading/ http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-links-10-delicious-literary-beers-to-drink-while-reading/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:34:23 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=82776 Podcast: No Such Thing as Used E-Book (Publishers Weekly) Why do we keep making e-books like paper books? (Gizmodo) To save indies, publishers need to reconsider DRM (Dear Author) 10 Delicious Literary Beers to Drink While Reading (Flavorwire) Hugh Howey: Self-publishing is the future (Salon) Kindle Daily Deals: Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (and 3 [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/morning-roundup/morning-links-10-delicious-literary-beers-to-drink-while-reading/feed/ 1 Kobo’s response to the WH Smith DRM situation http://www.teleread.com/drm/kobos-response-to-the-wh-smith-drm-situation/ http://www.teleread.com/drm/kobos-response-to-the-wh-smith-drm-situation/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:13:20 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=81844 Yesterday morning, we brought to your attention a rather unusual situation that had been taking place in the WH Smith e-retail store: Kobo e-books that were meant to be DRM-free had been listed on the WH Smith site as having digital rights management software added. Even books that had been authored by Cory Doctorow, perhaps [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/drm/kobos-response-to-the-wh-smith-drm-situation/feed/ 1 Updated: WH Smith adding DRM to Cory Doctorow books, and others’ http://www.teleread.com/drm/wh-smith-adding-drm-to-cory-doctorow-books-and-others/ http://www.teleread.com/drm/wh-smith-adding-drm-to-cory-doctorow-books-and-others/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:28:04 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=81724 Could there possibly be a modern author better known for his extremely anti-DRM stance than Cory Doctorow? Certainly not many, at any rate. But Kobo owners visiting the WH Smith e-retail store and attempting to buy Doctorow’s books would be forgiven for thinking otherwise: They’ve all been saddled with digital rights management. (Scroll down for the incriminating screen shot.) [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/drm/wh-smith-adding-drm-to-cory-doctorow-books-and-others/feed/ 3 Why We Pirate, and Why We Don’t http://www.teleread.com/piracy/why-we-pirate-and-why-we-dont/ http://www.teleread.com/piracy/why-we-pirate-and-why-we-dont/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:05:11 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=81499 One of the anti-DRM arguments people often make is that if you make it easy enough for people to buy content legitimately, they won’t need to pirate anymore. Here is a case study in favor of that argument: Thorin Kiosowski over at Lifehacker has a great essay up about why he stopped pirating media and started [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/piracy/why-we-pirate-and-why-we-dont/feed/ 3 The SimCity Debacle: Another lesson in why DRM is a bad idea http://www.teleread.com/drm/the-sim-city-debacle-another-lesson-in-why-drm-is-a-bad-idea/ http://www.teleread.com/drm/the-sim-city-debacle-another-lesson-in-why-drm-is-a-bad-idea/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:00:14 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=81478 For anyone who is still not convinced that DRM, as a concept, is a terrible idea, the recent Sim City debacle illustrates why. The short version is, software publisher EA so feared ‘piracy’ of the latest Sim City incarnation that they crippled the game to require a live Internet connection (to its authentication servers) at [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/drm/the-sim-city-debacle-another-lesson-in-why-drm-is-a-bad-idea/feed/ 5 My DRM-Free Year, Month 2: All Hail Indie Amazon Authors! http://www.teleread.com/drm/my-drm-free-year-month-2-all-hail-indie-amazon-authors/ http://www.teleread.com/drm/my-drm-free-year-month-2-all-hail-indie-amazon-authors/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:00:56 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=80090 The story of Joanna Cabot's DRM-free year continues with the dispatch below, from FEB 2013. JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC It’s been a busy month for me, work-wise, so I haven’t had that much reading time—I logged [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/amazon/class-action-lawsuit-against-amazon-and-publishers-misses-the-mark/feed/ 5 Wanted: Publishers who won’t treat me like a criminal http://www.teleread.com/publishing/wanted-publishers-who-wont-treat-me-like-a-criminal/ http://www.teleread.com/publishing/wanted-publishers-who-wont-treat-me-like-a-criminal/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:00:14 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=74591 I’ll be going mostly DRM-free next year. I’ve been thinking for awhile about this. I balked because I worried that books would simply not be available without DRM, and that I would be missing out on the good stuff just to make a point. But then I realized that it’s been ages since I actually [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/publishing/wanted-publishers-who-wont-treat-me-like-a-criminal/feed/ 12 In B&N’s closure of Fictionwise, Canadian customers lose big http://www.teleread.com/fictionwise/in-bns-closure-of-fictionwise-canadian-customers-lose-big/ http://www.teleread.com/fictionwise/in-bns-closure-of-fictionwise-canadian-customers-lose-big/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:29:41 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=74589 We reported yesterday on the sad news that e-book pioneer Fictionwise will be shutting down at the end of the year. I feel very bittersweet about this. The sweet is that I’m very proud of the revolution that little company started, and I love that e-books are a commonplace, normal thing, and that devices have [...]

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