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> To be fair, any book a publisher wants sold DRM-free, Amazon sells DRM-free. But only after threatening them that their books won't benefit from the latest a
by ernesth 13y ago
> To be fair, any book a publisher wants sold DRM-free, Amazon sells DRM-free.
But only after threatening them that their books won't benefit from the latest amazon technologies such as text-to-speech if they opt out of DRM!
- fpgeek 13y agoOh? I hadn't heard about that. It certainly sounds bad. Do you have a pointer to more on this?
- ernesth 13y agoYes, in french unfortunately: http://lexbrage.tumblr.com/post/13212628647/amazon-bragelonne-drm http://lexbrage.tumblr.com/post/13212628647/amazon-bragelonn... "Nous avons rencontré [Amazon] recemment pour comprendre cet ajout de DRM sur nos titres et en quoi consitait cette DRM un peu spéciale. [...Elle] embarque également une couche software qui active les fonctionnalités de l’ecosystème Amazon. La liste est variée mais passe du “Text to Speech” au “Facebook Connect” et toutes les prochaines évolutions d’Amazon. Et croyez moi, elle vont être nombreuses dans les mois à venir." Quick translation: we (the publisher bragelonne) have met with amazon to understand why they added DRM to our books without our consent and what purpose this DRM served. [...] It contains a software part that enables various amazon features such as Text-to-speech or facebook connect as well as the many future evolutions.