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Harper Collins Wants to Limit Library Circulation of Ebooks
Apparently because of Overdrive’s recent release of an ebook client for iPhones and iPad (read more about Overdrive and library ebooks here and here), Harper Collins has responded by announcing that new Harper…
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Public Library Ebooks and Overdrive
Michael Cohen, over at Tidbits, has written a piece about downloading a DRM protected ebook via his local public library. His library like mine uses technology and books provided by Overdrive, Inc. The books in question…
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Why Technology Fails to Stop Book Theft
Various forms of technology intended to control who could read books have failed. All of them have failed, and largely, for the same reasons. We have first the book curse, sometime called a…
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Two Graphic Explanations of why DRM doesn’t work
DRM really doesn’t work; it doesn’t even slow down pirates, but it frustrates honest users, and programmers. Here are two clear explanations of why it doesn’t work to protect artists, creators and publishers.…