Studio B Buzz – E-Books & Piracy

Good morning. It\’s Buzz time. This morning it\’s Dick Brass on privacy and James Shaffer on p-books.

Good morning. It\’s Buzz time. This morning it\’s Dick Brass on privacy and James Shaffer on p-books.E-Book 2000 Speaker says P-Books will Outlast

Business Wire: September 26, 2000. Speaking at the E-Book
2000 Conference, James Shaffer, CEO of Clickshare, said
while paper books will continue to be around, the future of
the e-book is limited, unless publishers begin to think of
them more as \”dynamic reader services.\” He said the
brightest future is for content providers who take advantage
of the Internet\’s interactivity. \”That\’s what\’s new: the
ability to send information in two directions … We have a
great opportunity to make the next leap forward in the way
we package and market information.\” PRESS RELEASE.

Read the entire press release here.

Dick Brass Warns of E-Book Piracy

PC World: September 26, 2000. Dick Brass said the e-book
industry is concerned about piracy threats like Napster used
on the music industry, when speaking at the E-Book 2000
Conference. So far, copyrights have remained protected
because of the limited number of books in digital format and
because of the book industry\’s older, honest and less
rebellious customers.

Read the entire article here.