Re:Microsoft's eBook Apocalypse Shows the Dark Side of DRM
by zaroth on Sunday June 30, 2019 @04:06PM
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The actual answer appears to be that you can sell add-on digital content which is licensed only for sale with the physical item, and that’s OK. But you cannot add license terms to the physical book itself, the book can be resold freely. That’s recently been affirmed by the Supreme Court.
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Re:Microsoft's eBook Apocalypse Shows the Dark Side of DRM
by darkpuma on Sunday June 30, 2019 @05:35PM
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Hypothetically if they had the technology to create a paperback book that self-destructs when anybody but you opens it, would that business model be illegal? As far as I know, SCOTUS said companies can't use the legal system to prevent resale of their books. But did they say that technical solutions are also banned?
Re:Microsoft's eBook Apocalypse Shows the Dark Side of DRM
by zaroth on Monday July 01, 2019 @04:29PM
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If you buy a product which is designed for a single use, knowing that it’s a single use product, and obviously this is something that would have to fail gracefully and safely, I really don’t see a problem with that.
Obviously companies (and therefore customers) should be paying for the ecological impact of their waste product.