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Conclusions about Digital Rights Management
What We Have There seems to be no lack of opinions on the future of electronic publishing. From trade magazines and newsletters like Publisher’s Weekly to popular blogs like Wikert’s to The New York Times, textual media is bursting with articles and snippets devoted to figuring out where publishing should be and where we should …
Conclusions about Electronic Rights and Contracts
Electronic rights may not be as openly controversial as DRM nor may they have a large blog following, but they’re essential nonetheless. Publishers and authors should continue taking great care when writing and negotiating a publishing contract. Publishers can’t risk becoming RandomHouse when a new technology breaks onto the scene, and authors can only claim …
A Look to the Future of Publishing
It’s obvious that we’re not where we need to be. As Wikert notes, we’re really only in the year “2 B.i. (Before iPod)” when it comes to e-books, and the future is still unlimited if you consider the means we have of shaping and reshaping rules and standards. As it stands, the DMCA and copyright …
