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Cory Doctorow on Audible and DRM

John Deere just told the copyright office that only corporations can own property, humans can only license it.

Crossposts: http://supergee.livejournal.com/4140005.html

Wasn’t it the Communists who were supposed to be against private property?

Thanx to

andrewducker

Crossposts: http://supergee.livejournal.com/3861440.html

System designed to spy on reader behavior spies on reader behavior

Digital Editions (DE) has been used by many public libraries as a recommended application for patrons wanting to borrow electronic books (particularly with the Overdrive e-book lending system), because it can enforce digital rights management rules on how long a book may be read for

Thanx to

andrewducker

Crossposts: http://supergee.livejournal.com/3394211.html

Cory Doctorow on what DRM is doing to us.

Crossposts: http://supergee.livejournal.com/3223784.html

Today is International Day against DRM.

Crossposts: http://supergee.livejournal.com/3002428.html

I missed International Day against DRM. But I still want to cheer on Baen, O'Reilly, Tor, and all the other publishers who've realized it's in their best interests not to go along with that stuff.

Thanx to Making Light.