Sun February 09 2014
EU Court of Justice on DRM circumvention |
10:30 AM by pdurrant in E-Book General | News From TechDirt. In a case brought by Nintendo, the EUCJ has ruled that the European Directive on the Harmonisation of copyright "is designed only to protect the copyright holder against acts which require his authorisation" and "that the legal protection covers only the technological measures intended to prevent or eliminate unauthorised acts of reproduction, communication, public offer or distribution, for which authorisation from the copyrightholder is required. That legal protection must respect the principle of proportionality without prohibiting devices or activities which have a commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent the technical protection for unlawful purposes." (bold in the original) In short, circumventing DRM might be legal if it is not done to infringe the copyright holder's copyright. And sale/distribution of DRM circumvention tools might be legal so long as they are mainly used for purposes which do not infringe copyright. The full ruling (in English) can be read here. Other European Languages are available. NB I am not a lawyer. Do not rely on this message for legal advice! |
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Competition Bureau strikes deal that's expected to lower ebook prices in Canada |
06:33 AM by leanansidhe in E-Book General | News
Finally Canadians will see some lower ebook prices. I can't believe the difference in prices between the US and Canada. I hope this happens soon. I've spent up to $15 for an ebook (and not a newly released one either). I hope we can start seeing more for $9.99 or less. |
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Sat February 08 2014
MobileRead Week in Review: 02/01 - 02/08 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review Feast your eyes on some of the discussions from this week at MobileRead... E-Book General - News |
Thu February 06 2014
Sony closes USA and Canada ebook store |
03:29 PM by thomasn75 in E-Book General | News Just saw this article on engadget. As we all probably already knew, this is the end of sony ereaders. RIP They have sent out an email to customers:
There's also a link to Sony's FAQs about this change. It's also possible to opt-out of the transfer to Kobo, but I'm not quite sure why anyone would ant to opt out. |
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What happens with DRM in the real world |
05:25 AM by AlexBell in E-Book General | News I interrupt attending to my email this morning to bring you news of a long but very interesting article by Cory Doctorow in this morning's Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...ts-management? I think it's well worth reading. |
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Sat February 01 2014
MobileRead Week in Review: 01/25 - 02/01 |
06:00 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Week in Review It was the week that was. Here's what MobileRead's been talking about since last Sunday: E-Book General - News E-Book General - Reading Recommendations |
February Book Club Vote |
01:11 AM by WT Sharpe in Reading Recommendations | Book Clubs February 2014 MobileRead Book Club Vote Help us choose a book as the February 2014 eBook for the MobileRead Book Club. The poll will be open for 5 days. There will be no runoff vote unless the voting results a tie, in which case there will be a 3 day run-off poll. This is a visible poll: others can see how you voted. It is You may cast a vote for each book that appeals to you. We will start the discussion thread for this book on February 20th. Select from the following Official Choices with three nominations each: • Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Spoiler:
• Dirty Little Secrets (Romantic Mystery) by Liliana Hartk Spoiler:
• The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Spoiler:
• Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan Spoiler:
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Spoiler:
• Behold, Here's Poison by Georgette Heyer Spoiler:
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Spoiler:
• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Spoiler:
• Local Custom by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller Spoiler:
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Tue January 28 2014
Simon & Schuster Expands Library eBook Pilot to OverDrive |
06:18 AM by tubemonkey in E-Book General | News Simon & Schuster Expanding Library Ebook Pilot This is the first time for OverDrive. Earlier pilots involved 3M and Axis 360. This pilot includes full access to S&S's entire catalog - both frontlist and backlist. Check the list below to see if your library is included. So far, only half of the libraries selected have jumped in. Don't know who the other 16 are yet.
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