4 ms·
I'm surprised (and pleased) that the author doesn't try to rail at the DRM in the kindle, but does praise the benefits the kindle brings to the market as a whol
by sh1mmer 18y ago
I'm surprised (and pleased) that the author doesn't try to rail at the DRM in the kindle, but does praise the benefits the kindle brings to the market as a whole.
He happily accepts that DRM will inevitably fail in books, as it has in music. I absolutely agree that DRM is bad, but I also admire his ability to let the issue slide at this early stage in the market.
- inklesspen 18y ago"Early stage"? e-books are far older than mp3s and avis. Baen Books has been selling speculative fiction in non-DRMed e-book formats for years and (disregarding the fact that almost all of their stuff is shit) it's done very well for them. Cory Doctorow gives away all his books for free, and it's increasingly a tactic adopted by others in the speculative fiction business; four of the five nominees for the Hugo Award this year were released in DRM-free format (for FREE, even) so Hugo voters could have a better chance of reading them. So, if this is the early stage of e-books, I wonder what it'll look like when the market is mature.
- timcederman 18y agoEarly mainstream stage.
- netcan 18y ago"Early stage" of the market. That does not necessarily equal in the technology.
- Herring 18y agoI would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue! -Barry Goldwater