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That's not true though, is it? You can just give them copies on the new platform for free can't you? How is doing that illegal? I'd like to see it as compuls
by LatteLazy 4y ago
That's not true though, is it? You can just give them copies on the new platform for free can't you? How is doing that illegal?
I'd like to see it as compulsory (if I pay for format X eg audio, I should have a right to it on any platform). But there is no law that says an author etc cannot give away otherwise legal copies...
- anotherman554 4y agoThe author probably wouldn't want to give away free copies to everyone. If somebody came up with a tool that could scan your kindle library and allow the author to license and distribute new copies if you already bought the book on Kindle that would be legal. As a coordination issue between platforms, publishers an authors, this might be impossible to do at scale.
- thomastjeffery 4y agoThe key word is, "them". How do you figure out who has bought your book? There are a few methods, and none of them are great: 1. You include an access key in the content of your audiobook. This means your listeners hear an ad for the thing they already own. It also means providing a single global access key to your book (accessible by everyone), unless you convince Audible/Amazon to give every customer a different audio file (with a unique product key). 2. You coordinate with Audible/Amazon to have them send their customers an email with special access to your DRM-free copy (read: competition). Good luck. 3. You get Audible/Amazon to send their customers' email address to you, so you can send them a link to your DRM-free copy. Same as #2, but with a privacy violation.