-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 02/25/2014 08:31 PM, David Berry wrote: > > Books want to be free. They may be costly to make, edit, proofread > and copyedit, distribute, etc. but it only takes a visit to the > library with a smartphone and an app or someone able to hack the > DRM in the ePub to change the situation. This is the argument of > this book, and I think the point of liberation tech too. > *** The author calling for piracy reminds me of a software company... Ah, yes, Microshaft. It would be so much better if the author would provide a way for himself and others to not have to break the law in order to access his argument promoting cracking DRM to change the situation.
Some authors are very successful selling books online for a dollar fifty, while providing a gratis download as well (on-line is the new library) and nourishing the Creative Commons without using nor encouraging the use of bad technology that works against the culture they're willing to promote. How much does the DRM cost in the process of delivering books at 44 cents a page? Then again, what is liberating in pirating copyrighted materials? If the argument of the book is to pirate it, then how do you want the people who make, edit, proofread and copyedit, distribute, etc. make a living out of their--your work? Of course, if you're already paid by the University, it's another story, but I doubt the whole chain is thriving on taxpayers' money. The point of LiberationTech, as far as I understood it, is not to pirate proprietary systems, but to create free systems. One of the arguments that has been repeated many times on this list is that any proprietary software making it to the list is not worth mentioning, because, not being free, it's not secure, and therefore cannot be considered a part of the liberating toolset. Cheers, == hk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJTDUKoXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRFQ0IyNkIyRTNDNzEyMTc2OUEzNEM4ODU0 ODA2QzM2M0ZDMTg5ODNEAAoJEEgGw2P8GJg9f6QP/051xSDdU8ps0AvMX6r6rRE2 XoFgXPZ9D6MhGyWurFTvlP5xHAeWld8zz/aMgjznv2DCDBDARjMvZEgyyVPd3Agl gLQetlg9rCt3uUZhDg0aLfxAzgVQxiHQVqLHhpbyyDdtRsykaxBK0cL63/O/TKnx ll1siqH1b3mV3k1kNit5Nbapf7+d1ETosimcl8LFC8H/77CP7LIsTsQa2vrvH264 t6Il+GxmvvFkuC5TDQvIYI1YwWxrsp1dA27imDu//PcaZYyu0zM/5iFpaN8hy93K pqanFGA8fNsEcb8YUulSlka31LtVS3b2OavGTAI2+fz+MTzy6YF96svWEZpit6KI aYasqvKy1UwVr0oaXl+Uqkg0Dkphs69V8RD7zIHTf24NT7KyWDaKKWgKChsiyshQ Z9P3Wjilgnv0gPW3I5KbvjKo9rDQHSLVkTIWm3wp87e12mrVAGymrcal6EcHfejP o4tb2lx3ChRkS1IwYceiybZFf5WZiQlo6ur5n5ZvUwn6IwCdzXRKzN96zHcljz7P zsLMnhEUTtruC3vrGdX2rpaw8+hWhRsfhv4Tnrqxxc5hWqAU9nL3cawMYOtNdRFB 4p3ODw7IvyoKFQWEsWPAQMC9oioMbbHwHGRgDARh9XTsTE5Fl8FGLiipTZAxtl/O opz1ODvCu8Dqu3r9Du38 =e4d8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
