Re:Linux Voice – A new Linux magazine that gives back
by benev on Monday November 11, 2013 @11:01AM
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DRM free -- absolutely where possible (i.e. we can't on google play, etc, but yes where we can i.e. digital subs from our own site). DRM is horrible and we want as little part in it as possible. For your other questions, I'm just answering them elsewhere in the thread.
Re:Linux Voice – A new Linux magazine that gives back
by mverwijs on Monday November 11, 2013 @01:19PM
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I have several O'Reilly epubs that I bought on Google Play that are not crippled with DRM. They are sold as individual apps and include an epub reader.
Re:Linux Voice – A new Linux magazine that gives back
by benev on Monday November 11, 2013 @01:27PM
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We hope to be on the Google Play Magazine store, that means DRM.
We hope to publish as an app where we can go without DRM (personally, I'd like that app to be available for Cyanogenmod as well). However, this may be a little further down the line.
Just to reiterate, if we can make it DRM-free in a particular store-front, we will.
1) Will the digital version be DRM-free? Even if you're not opposed to the concept of DRM, I'm sure you understand the logistical issues around consuming DRM crippled content on Linux.
2) You say you "aim to use an open source/Creative Commons licence." How firmly are you committed to this? I really like the ideal of content going free after 9 months.
3) What percentage of pages do you anticipate will include advertisements/sponsorship? It seems most magazines in our industry are cramming in as many adverts as possible, and worse - disguising them as real content (yes, I'm looking directly at you, Wired/Conde Naste). It's bad enough feeling like "the product" in the context of the unrelenting waves of ad-sponsored and metric-selling web-apps, it's a lot worse when you're paying for the privilege (via subscriptions to magazines with more ads than articles).