Comments on: Getting Some Nook-ie http://www.thelateageofprint.org/2009/10/29/getting-some-nook-ie/ Beyond the Book Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:12:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ted Striphas http://www.thelateageofprint.org/2009/10/29/getting-some-nook-ie/comment-page-1/#comment-2550 Ted Striphas Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:37:11 +0000 http://www.thelateageofprint.org/?p=510#comment-2550 Thanks for the comment, Erik. In terms of my remark about DRM, I was referring to the way in which the technology allows cultural producers to parse rights. So, for example, one DRM system may disenable printing, while another may disenable printing, sharing, cutting-and-pasting, and more. So that's what I meant when I said, "too much DRM does not a happy customer base make." My sense is that most media industries want to overdo it, rather than exercise restraint. Thanks for the comment, Erik. In terms of my remark about DRM, I was referring to the way in which the technology allows cultural producers to parse rights. So, for example, one DRM system may disenable printing, while another may disenable printing, sharing, cutting-and-pasting, and more. So that’s what I meant when I said, “too much DRM does not a happy customer base make.” My sense is that most media industries want to overdo it, rather than exercise restraint.

]]> By: Erik J http://www.thelateageofprint.org/2009/10/29/getting-some-nook-ie/comment-page-1/#comment-2548 Erik J Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:15:40 +0000 http://www.thelateageofprint.org/?p=510#comment-2548 If you have a second/the interest, I'd be interest to hear what you mean when you write, "Too much DRM does not a happy customer base make." As I understand it, and I totally could be wrong, DRM is a binary condition (like pregnancy)--you either have it or you don't; you can't have it in degrees, can't have "too much." And if those shared books automatically expire, I can't think of any way they could do that without DRM. Maybe I'm missing something here. If you have a second/the interest, I’d be interest to hear what you mean when you write, “Too much DRM does not a happy customer base make.”

As I understand it, and I totally could be wrong, DRM is a binary condition (like pregnancy)–you either have it or you don’t; you can’t have it in degrees, can’t have “too much.” And if those shared books automatically expire, I can’t think of any way they could do that without DRM. Maybe I’m missing something here.

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