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February 28, 2011 04:02 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/xsURzeKRszE/ebook-readers-bill-o.html
Ebook readers' bill of rights
LibraryGoblin sez, "The Librarian in Black, Sarah Houghton-Jan, has posted this call for basic e-book user's rights. She's released it into the public domain and is encouraging people to spread it as far and wide as possible. Enough of anti-user DRM and licensing!" Every eBook user should have the following rights: * the right to use eBooks under guidelines that favor access over proprietary limitations * the right to access eBooks on any technological platform, including the hardware and software the user chooses * the right to annotate, quote passages, print, and share eBook content within the spirit of fair use and copyright * the right of the first-sale doctrine extended to digital content, allowing the eBook owner the right to retain, archive, share, and re-sell purchased eBooks I believe in the free market of information and ideas. I believe that authors, writers, and publishers can flourish when their works are readily available on the widest range of media. I believe that authors, writers, and publishers can thrive when readers are given the maximum amount of freedom to access, annotate, and share with other readers, helping this content find new audiences and markets. I believe that eBook purchasers should enjoy the rights of the first-sale doctrine because eBooks are part of the greater cultural cornerstone of literacy, education, and information access. This is great stuff. My only quibble is with "ebook user" rather than "ebook reader" -- a reader is so much more noble a beast than a mere user. The eBook User's Bill of Rights (Thanks, LibraryGoblin, via Submitterator!) HarperCollins to libraries: we will nuke your ebooks after 26 ... Publisher sells DRM-free ebooks to libraries - Boing Boing Ebook DRM provider goes dark, the books you paid for disappear ... HOWTO break Kindle book DRM - Boing Boing Archive.org and 150 libraries create 80000 lendable ebook library ... Audiobook DRM versus the patrons of the Cleveland Library - Boing ... David Pogue tries DRM-free ebooks, sells more books than with DRM ... Kindle owners start to lose text-to-speech on purchased books ......
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