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Why the death of #DRM would be good news for readers, writers and publishers

The decision by Tor Books to ditch digital rights management signals the beginning of the end of the ebook format wars

By Cory Doctorow, 3 May 2012

At the end of April, Tor Books, the world’s largest science fiction publisher, and its UK sister company, Tor UK, announced that they would be eliminating digital rights management (DRM) from all of their ebooks by the summer. It was a seismic event in the history of the publishing industry. It’s the beginning of the end for DRM, which are used by hardware manufacturers and publishers to limit the use of digital content after sale. That’s good news, whether you’re a publisher, a writer, a dedicated reader, or someone who picks up a book every year or two.

The first thing you need to know about ebook DRM is that it can’t work. […]

http://m.guardian.co.uk: Why the death of DRM would be good news for readers, writers and publishers

If complete and utter chaos was lightning, I'd be the one standing barefeet on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour, holding a lightning rod and shouting "Whatever! Bring it on, ye gods and goddesses!"

The wind howled. Lightning stabbed at the earth erratically, like an inefficient assassin. Thunder rolled back and forth across the dark, rain-lashed sky …