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Should libraries 'back-up' DRM-protected e-books?
This article argues that DRM-protected e-books are a turn-off to customers who are wary that a hard-drive crash will mean they lose the e-books they have bought. The author suggests that librarie...
E-books find niche with gamers
E-books that tie-in to computer games are a growing niche market ... as long as they're DRM-free.
Some Random House audiobooks to be DRM-free
A number of Random House audiobook titles will soon be available for purchase and download in a DRM-free format via a Canadian-based internet retailer.
DRM a potential 'black hole' for publishers
Technology consultant Martyn Daniels has warned that digital rights management (DRM) is 'a potential black hole for publishers' and that current DRM models used in the music industry are 'idiotic...
Do you 'buy' an e-book, or only 'rent' it?
When a consumer buys a download file for a Sony E-reader or Amazon Kindle, do they have the right to re-sell it? Or have they only bought a licence to use the file in a stricly limited way?
More publishers to phase out DRM on downloads
Penguin and Simon & Schuster are mooted to be the next big publishers to remove DRM on audiobook and e-book downloads, following the lead of Random House.
eReader.com adds 17,000 DRM-free titles
E-book retailer eReader.com has added 17,000 titles to its inventory that are free of digital rights management (DRM) controls, allowing consumers to move the files they have purchased between reader ...
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