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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?
Adobe Resurrects E-Book DRM… Again
Adobe’s new ACS5/RMSDK10 combination adds tighter security as well as support for subscriptions and other content models.
Judge Dismisses E-Book DRM Antitrust Case
Independent booksellers can’t sell e-books from major publishers on the Kindle platform. Does that constitute restraint of trade? A federal judge says no.
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