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03-02-2011, 08:40 AM | #1 | |
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Overdrive CEO describes it's action following Harper Collins changes
At the risk of over posting...
Steve Potash Overdrive CEO has written on his company's blog their actions and response to the latest lending changes initiated by Harper Collins. http://overdriveblogs.com/library/20...censing-terms/ A partial quote: Quote:
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03-02-2011, 08:59 AM | #2 |
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Effectively delisting them. I like this.
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03-02-2011, 09:13 AM | #3 |
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Me too. The backlash must have been enormous.
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03-02-2011, 09:30 AM | #4 |
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I just really think Penguin and Random House will probably follow the lead though.
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03-02-2011, 10:00 AM | #5 |
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03-02-2011, 05:14 PM | #7 |
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I am very pleased to hear that Overdrive is not taking this lying down. I was worried when HarperCollins announced this that it would become the status quo, but considering the reaction of Overdrive, many librarians, and many readers, I think it's possible HarperCollins will change their minds.
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I'm thinking, though, that maybe a boycott is exactly what HC wants--they want people to buy e-books, not read them for free, and this way they get to pretend that it's the libraries who are choosing not to carry their books. |
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03-02-2011, 07:14 PM | #9 |
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Or it may very well lead to people boycotting HC whether with ebooks or pb, or hc.
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But people have a sense of entitlement that they can read for free. (And rent movies and videos). |
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03-03-2011, 07:06 AM | #15 |
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I don't think the publishing houses care about the library sales so the boycott isn't likely to be effective. There's a lot of negative PR but they've demonstrated they don't care about negative PR.
I think the libraries would be better off using their lobbying power to remind politicians that copyright is intended to grant a temporary ability to earn a profit to encourage more works that fall into the public domain (including public libraries). Bring the discussion back to copyright reform and shorting terms and maybe the BPH will remember that this is a balance between public interest and private interest and libraries aren't just lost sales. |
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