Re:Confessions of a Book Pirate (2010)
by acomjean on Saturday December 14, 2019 @08:25AM
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It always bugged me a little that I used to be able to by un-drm-ed books on OReilly, now I have to subscribe to get drm. (My work has a subscription and it’s ok...)
I understand they’re was probably so much piracy it forced their hand (books being small files, easy to distribute).
According to the article people are scanning books now and uploading.. which I didn’t realize was happening.
There are a few sellers that sell you a un drm es books. Manning though puts a “licensed to ______” on each page in a attempt to make me not share.
It’s kinda a tragedy that behaving badly puts you at an advantage (free books more money for me) vs those that buy. There are people that legit can’t afford the books and it’s kinda nice to have that option.
I understand they’re was probably so much piracy it forced their hand (books being small files, easy to distribute).
According to the article people are scanning books now and uploading.. which I didn’t realize was happening.
There are a few sellers that sell you a un drm es books. Manning though puts a “licensed to ______” on each page in a attempt to make me not share.
It’s kinda a tragedy that behaving badly puts you at an advantage (free books more money for me) vs those that buy. There are people that legit can’t afford the books and it’s kinda nice to have that option.