Thread: DRM for Public Domain works at B&N
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Old 08-04-2009, 07:28 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Moejoe View Post
I expect different because I won't live in a world where I just shrug at every abuse of power or flagrant money-grubbing attempt to sell the dead.
Wow, get melodramatic much?

This is no more a "flagrant money-grubbing" move than B&N publishing paper versions of public domain books.

I might add that you're using their bandwidth to retrieve the books, so I don't have a problem with paying a nominal fee for a PD-published book. Heck, I'll even purposely pay for a PD e-book if it has an advantage over freely available versions -- e.g. a well-done TOC, quality formatting, collecting all the works of an author and so forth.


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Originally Posted by moejoe
These are public domain works meant to be freely shared to enrich our culture, all culture, not to be locked up and gated by some company so they can make a quick buck...
So, go to Gutenberg or Manybooks.

There is absolutely no requirement for anyone publishing any public domain book to do so in a non-DRM manner. None, nada, zip zero zilch.

It's not like B&N putting DRM on a public domain book in any way, shape or form stops people from getting PD books from any other source. So, I really fail to see the problem here.
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