Thread: HarperCollins to libraries: we will nuke your ebooks after 26 checkouts
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Old 02-25-2011, 10:46 PM   #1
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HarperCollins to libraries: we will nuke your ebooks after 26 checkouts
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http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/25...ns-to-lib.html

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LibraryGoblin sez, "HarperCollins has decided to change their agreement with e-book distributor OverDrive. They forced OverDrive, which is a main e-book distributor for libraries, to agree to terms so that HarperCollins e-books will only be licensed for checkout 26 times. Librarians have blown up over this, calling for a boycott of HarperCollins, breaking the DRM on e-books--basically doing anything to let HarperCollins and other publishers know they consider this abuse."
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