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[News] Apple Lobbied to Support Ogg; DRM Blows Up Again

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Ask Apple to Support Ogg on iPod/iTunes

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| Please ask Apple to support Ogg on their iPods, iPhones, and iTunes! It 
| wouldn't hurt to also sign this petition (and maybe this one), though I don't 
| know how strongly they'd influence Apple. Here's why, as good news and bad 
| news.    
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http://www.dwheeler.com/blog/2009/01/10/#ask-apple-support-ogg-ipod

Ebook DRM provider goes dark, the books you paid for disappear

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| Hudson sez, "Fictionwise used Overdrive to provide DRM encrypted ebooks to 
| their customers and Overdrive has informed them that they will be shutdown on 
| 30 January with no reason given. Since Fictionwise doesn't have the 
| decryption keys, they are not able to provide new versions of the books to 
| all customers."    
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http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/08/ebook-drm-provider-g.html


Recent:

Linux Journal Live - eBook Readers and DRM

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| The November 13, 2008 edition of Linux Journal Live! Shawn Powers and special
| guest, Linux Journal Author Daniel Bartholomew, talk e-book readers and
| Daniel's Kindle, DRM, and other goodness.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/video/linux-journal-live-ebook-readers-and-drm


Adobe Digital Editions: a Fraud!

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| I am not decided yet whose fraud is bigger: Adobe's one, or that of the
| e-book publishers who infamously market the digital content for Adobe Digital
| Editions as content for Adobe Reader?
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| [...]
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| You should therefore avoid e-books from HarperCollins, and be cautious: when
| the DRM'ed contents "fine-grained rights", it's unlikely to be a PDF (even if
| marketed as "Adobe Reader"), but something worse.
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http://beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&2007/12/25/01/11/16-adobe-digital-editions-a-fraud-


Don't let DRM get between you and a good book

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| Amazon Kindle (Swindle), Sony Reader (Sh-reader), and others are all
| competing to control how, what, and when we can read with their competing
| Digital Restrictions Management technologies. Let's let them know that we
| won't buy their ebook readers until they get rid of the DRM!
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http://www.defectivebydesign.org/DRMEbookFlyer


The Kindle Swindle

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| It seems that Amazon only cares to oppose DRM when they can profit from it,
| such as when they advertise their MP3's as "Play Anywhere, DRM-Free
| Downloads." The same is not true for Kindle ebooks. Perhaps if they were
| honest they would advertise their ebooks as "Play Only Here, DRM-Laden Kindle
| Ebooks."
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http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/1097
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