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Doctorow Argues Against DRM

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New Doctorow novel out under license

Cory Doctorow, author of the acclaimed sci-fi book Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, has a new novel out in stores called Eastern Standard Tribe. Like Down and Out, it is both available for purchase as well as for free download, under a Creative Commons license.

Cory Doctorow responds

I got an email from Cory Doctorow saying that my theoretical republishing of his book -- giving myself authorship credit, offering it for sale, and seeking distribution -- would be "fraudulent." So we know that Cory has a line. We're making progress. (Note I'm not going to publish his email, he can do that if he likes, and I'd like it if he would.)

Now, as I've said so many times (one more time won't hurt), I don't like it when a big heartless company takes my work and modifies it in a way that makes it hard to tell what they wrote and what I wrote. I'm concerned that if I let this company do it, then another company is going to, and another and pretty soon they're going to be competing on the basis of how "useful" they make my work, again without my permission, and with no compensation to me. I'm concerned that they may make changes I don't agree with, or even worse, change the meaning of what I wrote so as to confuse people about what I think. I quit working for a big publication because they were doing this, I went independent so my writing could have integrity, so it could truly represent what I think, to the best of my ability. Cory, Google crossed my line. To use your terminology, they're doing something fraudulent by passing off their derivative work as mine.

BTW, I say "I think," when stating an opinion. Cory and his colleagues (who mostly are not lawyers) state their legal opinion as fact. He also says "As you know" before saying something that I don't even agree with. That's just plain disrespectful, and makes discourse more difficult.

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Thanks!

Cory

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The world adapts to Cory Doctorow...

My theory regarding the awesome O'Reilly-sponsored wifi at Foyles café on Charing Cross Road goes a little like this:

Tim O'Reilly: "Hey Cory, how you doing?"
Cory Doctorow: "You know what sucks? Wifi in London."
Tim O'Reilly: "Hmm..." {thinks}

Cory Doctorow: Still one step ahead

Cory Doctorow on Digital Rights
Management

"Cory Doctorow: Microsoft Research DRM
Talk"

craphound.com: The Literary Works of
Cory Doctorow

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Cory Doctorow: Microsoft Research DRM
Talk

Lessig and Doctorow, Truth and Fiction,
on Swiss Wi-Fi

Serialized eBooks via RSS

SpiderWorks eBooks

Manga and eBooks on Your PSP

1UP has a write-up about reading manga and eBooks on your PSP, which is a pleasant enough read, but for fears of legal retribution doesn't actually link to a lot of content. That means there's no one-stop download, but they can at least point you in the right direction. The main problem I see for comics and manga is that not everything is going to fit to one size and the current image viewing software on the PSP doesn't scroll easily, so reading large frames could be difficult. For eBooks, though, it looks pretty decent. Maybe someone will start converting free books to a native PSP resolution .zip files so I don't have to do any real work.

Feature: Manga & Books [IUP]

Ebooks doing well sans DRM

Bad experiences with heavy-handed DRM have soured many potential customers on e-books, said Mike Violano, vice president and general manager of eReader, which equips its titles with a security key based on the credit card number used to purchase it. The approach give wide latitude to the original buyer while effectively thwarting illegal copying, he said.

"There are far too many standards and ways of doing things now, and that's a source of frustration for customers," Violano said. "If they have a bad e-book experience the first time, where they have trouble reading something they've paid for, it's hard to get them back."

Analyst Bedford said nervous publishers have emphasized security over opening new markets.

"There's no good DRM, period," she said. "Publishers all want heavy-duty DRM, but the problem is that anything you do gets in the way of buying and using e-books. My bias is to use a lot of psychological DRM. You put a price on it; you have statements...making it very clear you can use this as you would a print book, and you rely on the fact that by and large, most people aren't out to break the law."

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Por qué el DRM no funciona para nadie,
según Cory Doctorow

ADHOC 2005 Speakers: Hubbard, Doctorow,
Ihnatko

ADHOC 2005 Speakers: Hubbard, Doctorow, Ihnatko -- I'm once again planning to speak at ADHOC 2005 (previously known as MacHack), but my interest in attending just went up even more upon learning that the ADHOC committee has lined up some great people to speak at the three midnight sessions, including Jordan Hubbard, Apple's manager of the Darwin core of Mac OS X, and Cory Doctorow, science fiction author, blogger, and European Affairs Coordinator for the EFF. The final midnight session is the ADHOC Showcase programming competition, which will be hosted by the ever-amusing and effervescent Andy Ihnatko. If you're interested in learning more about programming from some of the best developers in the business and hearing from some fascinating speakers, the early registration deadline is 15-Apr-05. Hope to see you in Dearborn, Michigan from 26-Jul-05 through 31-Jul-05, and if you need a better sense of the conference, read my article about last year's event. [ACE]

[etech] Day 2 - Cory Doctorow - All
Complex Ecosystems Have Parasites

Baen ebooks CDs as .torrents

A Rising Tide of Ebooks

Adam is fond of talking about the "Macintosh ecosystem" and how the companies and products that make up that system generally work together for a common good. When a shortcoming is found in Mac OS X, for example, software developers create utilities to address it. In many cases, you get several programs that do the same thing, but with their own unique approaches. Look at the plethora of snippet-keepers (many of which Matt Neuburg has reviewed). A couple years ago, I didn't put much thought into whether such note-taking and -organizing software existed, and now I look for which one offers the features that suit my style of working.

eBooks Suddenly Getting More Attention

Choose the Right Format for Your Ebooks

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Ebooks and OCR come to the mobile phone

Read Manga And eBooks On The PSP

Read MS Reader ebooks on your
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