This article in the New York Times today discusses why E-books have consistently failed to meet business expectations. Most of it is stuff we\’ve heard before, but some of it is interesting. For instance, the biggest consumers of e-books are fans of mysteries and romance novels. They buy e-books because they are cheap and disposable. Are e-books the new pulp fiction? Other insights are that mainstream titles are still overpriced, the readers are clunky, and different formats are incompatible.
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The current state of ‘fair use’
In this interview, Lawrence Lessig, Stanford law professor and supporter of consumer\’s rights, discusses the current state of \’fair use\’ in the context of peer-to-peer networks. Lessig is one of the more notable critics of the DMCA. He will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming O\’Reilly Conference on Peer-to-Peer and Web Services.
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