Chris Webb

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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The Changing Publishing Landscape – Introducing Wrox Blox

I often write about the changes in publishing caused by disruptive technologies and the need for publishers to make their own changes in order to stay relevant. Today we have launched Wrox Blox, a new product for programmers that hopefully will strike a chord with a market that often looks to the web for [...]

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Apple to Offer DRM-Free Music Via iTunes

No Beatles CD catalog for Apple today, but the news is just as sweet. At today’s Apple press conference in London, Steve Jobs announced that EMI’s entire digital music catalog will be available on iTunes in May. Oh, did I mention it will be DRM-free? The sans-DRM music is higher quality (256 kbps [...]

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