[LINK] Online Publisher Removing Copy Protection From e-Books

[Kim Holburn]

I publish on lulu.  I have never used DRM.  Lulu always gave you a choice.  I never saw the rationale for giving some company somewhere the right to control how people used books I publish.  It's a worry that people who bought DRM protected books may lose access to them.  In fact they say in their blog:

> 	• Lulu’s Adobe Digital Editions servers will be decommissioned.
> 	• Consumers who have previously authorized their purchase through Digital Editions will continue to have access to their DRM protected eBooks.
> 	• Consumers who purchased DRM protected eBooks and have not authorized them prior to June 11, 2013 will be unable to access their purchase. The Lulu support team will assist these consumers as needed.



On 2013/Jan/13, at 9:50 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:

> Online ebook publisher, Lulu has announced, it will cease using Digital 
> Rights Management (DRM) for ebooks from 15 January 2013: 
> http://www.lulu.com/blog/2013/01/drm-update/
> 
> Readers will be able to make copies of e-books, although copyright will 
> still limit when this is legally permitted. I decided not to use DRM on 
> the books I provide through Lulu, because of the problems the 
> anti-copying technology causes for readers and the fee charged for use 
> of the technology makes up a significant part of the price of a low cost 
> ebook: 
> http://www.lulu.com/shop/tom-worthington/ict-sustainability-assessment-and-strategies-for-a-low-carbon-future/ebook/product-17422768.html
> 
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