[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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