[LINK] Apple Says Audiobooks Must Have DRM

Kim Holburn kim at holburn.net
Tue Dec 15 09:05:01 AEDT 2009


Corey Doctorow who loves audio books wants to release one of his books  
without DRM.  Finally finds a publisher but Apple won't allow it on  
iTunes without DRM.

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6709919.html

> I can understand why a retailer would want to use my copyright as  
> bait to lock in readers—but exactly how is this good for me? This is  
> why I'm not selling digital downloads of the professional readings  
> of With a Little Help. With so much friction and goofiness in the  
> marketplace, I'd rather give the MP3s away under a Creative Commons  
> license and solicit donations through PayPal. My listeners don't  
> want DRM. They want to get their books with a minimum of hassle.  
> But, for the record, I'd put my books in Audible and the iTunes  
> Store in a hot second if only they'd sell them on the same terms  
> that I'd be willing to buy them: no DRM and no license agreement  
> except "don't violate copyright law."


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