Slightly off topic - Ebooks

[Robert Krawitz]

   From: Edward Ned Harvey <blu-Z8efaSeK1ezqlBn2x/YWAg at public.gmane.org>
   Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:51:11 -0500

   > Counterexample: Baen releases its books in a variety of formats,
   > including zip'ed HTML, but with no DRM of any kind.  And that includes
   > a lot of back catalog, not just new releases.  Try
   > http://www.webscriptions.com.

   Don't care about one counterexample.  It's barely significant, that is, if
   the material is even copyrighted.  Show me Harry Potter, or Twilight, or
   O'Reilly's IPv6 available publicly for free.  You can't because they won't
   do it.  They would never allow that to happen because their livelihood
   depends on the revenue.

The material is most certainly copyrighted.  It's Baen's entire
catalog of science fiction -- not just obscure authors or a handful of
books.

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