DRM and e-Books
December 12th, 2005Torill Mortensen, a Norwegian professor at Volda College, has a good entry on how she tried to use an e-book in the way books are really used. The e-book was fitted with DRM technology to prevent it from being copied. However when you try to use the file in the way you would use normal books, ie. possibly let a colleague use it or use the book in several locations, the technology fails.
I know media companies are pushing DRM technologies into the business due to piracy, but when they don’t work - you’re only hurting the industry as a whole. I’m sure Torill won’t buy another e-book very soon, because she effectively ended up paying for something that does not work at all.
ps. The book is great, because I’ve used in my thesis for example and it also lays down the basic theories for diffusion studies.
Feel free to read on with some related posts:
- Customised books
- DRM in the way of innovation
- Sony switches to Microsoft’s DRM
- Dave Matthews and DRM
- Webcast: Battle over books
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