June 4, 2008
RIP DRM: How Publishers Should Adapt to New Digital Channels
Following the trail of the music industry, the publishing industry is facing a new world where channels of distribution are controlled by the consumer instead of the content creator.
As book publishers become more entrenched in this new system, they face many challenges, including the option to encode media with digital rights management technologies (DRM).
In this podcast episode, RIP DRM: How Publishers Should Adapt to New Digital Channels, eMusic CEO David Pakman looks back on the successes and failures of DRM in the music industry and explains how our industry can learn from these examples.
June 5th, 2008 at 9:20 am
What about use a converter to help you rip DRM?
June 6th, 2008 at 11:10 am
[...] sorted out their digitisation strategy and process yet - whether it’s a question of formats, DRM, or even the basics such as rights and royalty clearances. Or it’s the absence of a decent [...]
June 14th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
[...] CEO David Pakman gave a great talk about clawing market share away from iTunes at this year’s Book Expo America. Available at [...]