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Copyright Office Opens Inquiry on Digital Rights for Libraries
Yesterday the U.S. Copyright Office announced that it is looking for input into revising Section 108 of the copyright law, the section that gives libraries and archives special rights to copy and distribute materials. Although much of Section 108 deals with making physical copies of materials for preservation purposes, some of it is supposed to apply […]
Readium LCP and Open Source DRM
In a recent exchange in the comments to an article in Nate Hoffelder’s The Digital Reader blog, I mentioned Readium Licensed Content Protection (Readium LCP), the standard DRM scheme for EPUB-formatted e-books that I’ve been working on for the past couple of years. I gave a talk on Readium LCP a couple of weeks ago at the EPUB Summit […]
PTO Weighs In on Digital First Sale
A little-known fact about the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is that it advises the executive branch of government (the president and his administration) on copyright issues — just as the US Copyright Office advises Congress on copyright. Although the Copyright Office’s efforts over the past couple of years to overhaul the country’s copyright […]
E-Books: Subscription Services vs. Libraries
Business model flexibility with digital content leads to a blur between the public good and private enterprise.
Adobe’s Latest E-Book Misstep: This Time, It’s Not the DRM
Adobe’s e-book reading software tracks users’ reading habits and reports them over the Internet without encryption.
Ghosts in the UltraViolet Machine
Copyright and Technology London 2014 takes place next Wednesday; Amazon and Apple announce family accounts for sharing content and apps; Garth Brooks launches his own competitor to iTunes and Amazon.
Digimarc Launches Social DRM for E-books
Digimarc finally realizes the synergies of its acquisition of Attributor two years ago.
Dispatches from IDPF Digital Book 2014, Pt. 3: DRM
DRM may disappear from trade e-books. But will that happen for the right reasons?
Dispatches from IDPF Digital Book 2014, Pt. 2: Public Libraries
Some hints about libraries’ actual value to publishers in driving e-book sales.
Dispatches from IDPF Digital Book 2014, Pt. 1: Wattpad
Why isn’t the book publishing world scared to death of Wattpad?
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