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How could the new Harry Potter book be published as an ebook
- danielha 20y agoA certain Richard Stallman (of GNU notoriety) spoke at my University yesterday on copyright history, current copyright law, and its implications when it comes to technology. While I can't say I stand alongside him on all of his viewpoints, he makes some interesting remarks about ebooks. He says, and I agree, that ebooks restricts a lot of freedoms as a society. The potential of integrated copyright is huge, citing the DMCA and DRM usage. We aren't free to read and share these books that we bought. The books' authors do not have much to gain from this either as it is the publishers that are benefit. Well, in either case, I was never a big Potter fan. More of a science-fiction geek, myself.
- Sic 20y agoThe problems lie in DRM, not the ebook itself. Recently on TeleRead there was an article about starting a website with Creative Commons licensed ebooks. I also plan on writing another article where I'll explore what a publisher/ebookstore can do -- instead of DRM. ps I haven't read HP either, just saw the movie...wish I had more time to read (lame excuse)
- danielha 20y agoYou're right. The problem usually isn't in the product, it's usually the problematic current implementation of it. There's a lot of things to consider and I look forward to that article.