Comments on: Why The Publishing Industry Needs a DRM-free iTunes for Publications http://ferrogate.com/2008/12/why-publishing-industry-needs-drm-free.html Man Is The Media Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:17:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Martin Ferro-Thomsen http://ferrogate.com/2008/12/why-publishing-industry-needs-drm-free.html/comment-page-1#comment-6 Martin Ferro-Thomsen Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:42:00 +0000 http://publinate.com/2008/12/why-the-publishing-industry-needs-a-drm-free-itunes-for-publications.html#comment-6 Just after my last comment, I saw that Google Book Search announced the inclusion of digital magazines. They are very much an example of a company going for option 2, 'hijacking but still sharing the wealth'. A lengthy post here http://www.ferrogate.com/2008/12/how-google-book-search-turns.html Just after my last comment, I saw that Google Book Search announced the inclusion of digital magazines. They are very much an example of a company going for option 2, ‘hijacking but still sharing the wealth’. A lengthy post here http://www.ferrogate.com/2008/12/how-google-book-search-turns.html

]]> By: Martin Ferro-Thomsen http://ferrogate.com/2008/12/why-publishing-industry-needs-drm-free.html/comment-page-1#comment-5 Martin Ferro-Thomsen Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:42:00 +0000 http://publinate.com/2008/12/why-the-publishing-industry-needs-a-drm-free-itunes-for-publications.html#comment-5 Yes, I'm confident we could find the tech volunteers. The nut to crack is making everything agreeable with the content owners. It has to be really easy, affordable and hold the promise of a proper revenue share.<br/><br/>Or it could go down as we see with YouTube that basically hijacks the act of publishing, does it better than most labels themselves (while contesting copyright laws) and finally gets away with it by sharing the ad revenue. Yes, I’m confident we could find the tech volunteers. The nut to crack is making everything agreeable with the content owners. It has to be really easy, affordable and hold the promise of a proper revenue share.

Or it could go down as we see with YouTube that basically hijacks the act of publishing, does it better than most labels themselves (while contesting copyright laws) and finally gets away with it by sharing the ad revenue.

]]> By: Pete http://ferrogate.com/2008/12/why-publishing-industry-needs-drm-free.html/comment-page-1#comment-4 Pete Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:09:00 +0000 http://publinate.com/2008/12/why-the-publishing-industry-needs-a-drm-free-itunes-for-publications.html#comment-4 Maybe one for the guys at Songbird to consider....have been checking out Adobe's digital editions but must say I am not very impressed with the functionality and the layouts.<br/><br/>We should try to get a group of tech volunteers to build one....one day:) Maybe one for the guys at Songbird to consider….have been checking out Adobe’s digital editions but must say I am not very impressed with the functionality and the layouts.

We should try to get a group of tech volunteers to build one….one day:)

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