Chris Webb

It’s OK – We’re Good Pirates

What? According to Karen Croxson, digital piracy may help companies. As a new-media minded person working in a traditionally old-media world I am a little conflicted here. I am coming around to Chris Anderson’s Free mantra, and I absolutely believe my industry had better move a hell of a lot faster to adapt to [...]

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Social DRM, the Death of Copyright and the Fallacy of Piracy

There is some really great debate over on the TeleRead Blog concerning DRM, copyright, and piracy. As the TeleRead blog has grown, David has added new columnists (disclaimer: including Wiley publisher Joe Wikert) which has really added to the conversation. David Rothman agrees with Adobe’s Bill McCoy on the use of Social DRM, but also [...]

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Consuming Content: Are you a Grazer or a Super-User?

Dan Blank observes that as we think about the ways in which publishing is changing, one of the factors we must consider is the speed at which content is being generated. As we think about how publishing, media and journalism are changing, how do we factor in the speed at which media and information enters our [...]

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