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Azayzel · 04-20-2007, 08:03 AM

Here's an interesting blog entry by Charles Stross, author of freely availble SciFi ebook Accelerando (Thanks Mr. Stross!) and his take on DRM, it's the one from March 27, 2007. He has some quite interesting anecdotes about what defined a "pirate" of books prior to the eBook generation, but the article is interesting nonetheless. I particularily like his take on why the eBook market is broken, DRM, piracy, etc., where he pretty much hashes out what we've discussed here over and over, though he backs it up with a little more insight. Quick read if you have time.

If this has already been posted, just zap it. I've read so many articles on here they all seem to run together... though I did perform a search prior to posting.

Edit: Sorry, forgot link! http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...ook_marke.html

04-20-2007, 08:03 AM	#1
Azayzel Cache Ninja! Posts: 643 Karma: 1002300 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tokyo, Japan Device: PRS-500, HTC Shift, iPod Touch, iPaq 4150, TC1100, Panasonic WordsGear	Interesting Blog Entry from Charles Stross Here's an interesting blog entry by Charles Stross, author of freely availble SciFi ebook Accelerando (Thanks Mr. Stross!) and his take on DRM, it's the one from March 27, 2007. He has some quite interesting anecdotes about what defined a "pirate" of books prior to the eBook generation, but the article is interesting nonetheless. I particularily like his take on why the eBook market is broken, DRM, piracy, etc., where he pretty much hashes out what we've discussed here over and over, though he backs it up with a little more insight. Quick read if you have time. If this has already been posted, just zap it. I've read so many articles on here they all seem to run together... though I did perform a search prior to posting. Edit: Sorry, forgot link! http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...ook_marke.html Last edited by Azayzel; 04-20-2007 at 08:07 AM. Reason: Forgot link to article <- oops!