Author Archives: Bill Rosenblatt
FTC to Address Consumer Disclosure on DRM
The Federal Trade Commission will be holding a workshop on DRM at the University of Washington Law School in Seattle on Wednesday, March 25. The main purpose of the conference will be to inform the FTC on possible actions it could take to mandate disclosure of information about digital content rights to consumers — rather […]
Attributor Integrates Creative Commons with Text Fingerprinting
The text fingerprinting provider Attributor launched a beta version of a service called FairShare last week. FairShare enables anyone with an RSS feed — bloggers, for example — to attach Creative Commons noncommercial licenses to their content and use Attributor’s technology to track where their content is to be found on the web. There’s no […]
Amazon Launches Kindle Reader App for iPhones
Today Amazon is launching Kindle for iPhone and iPod Touch, an e-book reader application, available in the iPhone App Store at no charge. This is yet another major shift in platform tectonics for e-books, among so many in this young year already. And it shows that I was incorrect when I previously speculated that Amazon […]
The New York Times as a Soapbox for Content Creators Getting Paid in the Digital Age
Roy Blount Jr.’s op-ed piece in this Wednesday’s paper strikes a sour note.
More on Google’s Publishing Settlement
Interest keeps growing among the publishing industry in its litigation settlement with Google. I will be moderating the keynote panel on this subject for the book track at Publishing Business Expo on Tuesday, March 24 in NYC. This panel will be particularly exciting because the speakers will be primary representatives of the three constituencies […]
Adobe Extends E-Book Platform to Several Mobile Devices
Adobe makes the e-book platform sweepstakes into a two-horse race with Amazon.
Stanza E-Book Reader To Add Adobe Support
Major publisher frontlist content will be available in Adobe formats on iPhones. This changes the dynamics of the e-book market.
QTrax to Launch with All Major Labels
Watch ads once a month and get free, legal access to music.
Intertrust Acquires SyncTV from Pioneer
An attempt to keep momentum around the Marlin DRM standard going.
Doctorow Blames Tech Platform Providers for DRM
The anti-DRM ideologue calls for a publisher boycott of DRM.
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