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E-book biz could learn from voting machine fiasco
May 31, 2004 | 12:27 pm
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Think proprietary DRM is the solution for the e-book business? Consider all the grief arising from the closed code that Diebold has used in its voting machines. In A Really Open Election in the New York Times, writer Clive Thompson argues for open code that could be scrutinized in a public way. Time for an Open Reader approach for e-books?
(Via Boing Boing.)



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