Comments on: The end of audiobook DRM? http://librariesinteract.info/2008/02/29/the-end-of-audiobook-drm/ Blog central for Australasian Libraries Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:23:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: techxplorer http://librariesinteract.info/2008/02/29/the-end-of-audiobook-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-31238 techxplorer Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:43:57 +0000 http://librariesinteract.info/2008/02/29/the-end-of-audiobook-drm/#comment-31238 According to <a href="http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2008/03/penguin-to-offe.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a> on the <a href="http://librarianinblack.typepad.com" rel="nofollow">LibrarianInBlack</a> website Penguin is also going to start offering audio books DRM free. According to this post on the LibrarianInBlack website Penguin is also going to start offering audio books DRM free.

]]> By: techxplorer http://librariesinteract.info/2008/02/29/the-end-of-audiobook-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-31086 techxplorer Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:47:05 +0000 http://librariesinteract.info/2008/02/29/the-end-of-audiobook-drm/#comment-31086 My view of this type of discussion is that the content providers have used DRM in a scenario similar to "guilty until proven innocent" rather than "innocent until proven guilty". In my view, perhaps a naive one, most people just want to be able to use the content on their chosen platform, and not share the files with everyone. One other interesting thought occurred to me after reading the article as well. The article indicated that DRM isn't gone for good. There was a suggestion that DRM free music was being used to break the Apple/iPod/iTunes, monopoly but that DRM is still in the minds of the music companies. My hope is that DRM is gone for good, but it will be an issue worth watching closely. My view of this type of discussion is that the content providers have used DRM in a scenario similar to “guilty until proven innocent” rather than “innocent until proven guilty”.

In my view, perhaps a naive one, most people just want to be able to use the content on their chosen platform, and not share the files with everyone.

One other interesting thought occurred to me after reading the article as well. The article indicated that DRM isn’t gone for good. There was a suggestion that DRM free music was being used to break the Apple/iPod/iTunes, monopoly but that DRM is still in the minds of the music companies.

My hope is that DRM is gone for good, but it will be an issue worth watching closely.

]]> By: tango http://librariesinteract.info/2008/02/29/the-end-of-audiobook-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-31083 tango Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:54:05 +0000 http://librariesinteract.info/2008/02/29/the-end-of-audiobook-drm/#comment-31083 Yes, I found that most interesting too - that piracy is not reliant on DRM. As for the motive behind the change, I am not too concerned about what it is, as long as it results in content that can be accessed cross platform, to enable us to better serve all our users. Yes, I found that most interesting too – that piracy is not reliant on DRM. As for the motive behind the change, I am not too concerned about what it is, as long as it results in content that can be accessed cross platform, to enable us to better serve all our users.

]]> By: techxplorer http://librariesinteract.info/2008/02/29/the-end-of-audiobook-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-31082 techxplorer Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:45:28 +0000 http://librariesinteract.info/2008/02/29/the-end-of-audiobook-drm/#comment-31082 That's an interesting quote from Random House about the DRM-free editions are not being used as pirate copies. It goes against the traditional view from the music companies that providing DRM-free versions will create more pirate copies. The issue of DRM is an interesting one, and also one filled with a lot of twists and turns. I recently read an article in Wired magazine ("The Angry Mogul," issue 15.12). One of the suggestions made by the article was that the recent "change of heart" by the big music companies isn't about removing DRM to help make the users lives easier, it's about trying to break the stranglehold that Apple has with their iPod and iTunes music stores. Perhaps there is some of the same motivation in this announcement from Random House. That’s an interesting quote from Random House about the DRM-free editions are not being used as pirate copies. It goes against the traditional view from the music companies that providing DRM-free versions will create more pirate copies.

The issue of DRM is an interesting one, and also one filled with a lot of twists and turns. I recently read an article in Wired magazine (“The Angry Mogul,” issue 15.12).

One of the suggestions made by the article was that the recent “change of heart” by the big music companies isn’t about removing DRM to help make the users lives easier, it’s about trying to break the stranglehold that Apple has with their iPod and iTunes music stores.

Perhaps there is some of the same motivation in this announcement from Random House.

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