Comments on: Jerry Seinfeld, DRM and locked music http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/22/jerry-seinfeld-drm-and-locked-music/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:01:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/22/jerry-seinfeld-drm-and-locked-music/comment-page-1/#comment-773698 David Rothman Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:35:25 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/22/jerry-seinfeld-drm-and-locked-music/#comment-773698 Dan, I can't say for sure, but my guess is that there's no exception for ordinary users. As for MS Reader, Microsoft has changed DRM before to thwart piracy, as we both know. Who knows what it'll do in the future. I'd hope that Microsoft wouldn't be so clueless, but anything's possible. Thanks. David Dan, I can’t say for sure, but my guess is that there’s no exception for ordinary users. As for MS Reader, Microsoft has changed DRM before to thwart piracy, as we both know. Who knows what it’ll do in the future. I’d hope that Microsoft wouldn’t be so clueless, but anything’s possible. Thanks. David

]]> By: Dan Jackson http://www.teleread.org/2008/04/22/jerry-seinfeld-drm-and-locked-music/comment-page-1/#comment-773695 Dan Jackson Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:26:49 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/22/jerry-seinfeld-drm-and-locked-music/#comment-773695 Well, there's one important difference between the MSN Music situation and the ebook situation. Microsoft haven't taken any steps to restore the integrity of MS Reader DRM, so if they were to shut down the activation server for MS Reader, at least people would still be able to strip the DRM from their purchased ebooks using Convert LIT. Thankfully this doesn't seem likely at the moment - even Microsoft's ageing MSLit.com site still works and actually has up-to-date data about a few ebooks that I thought weren't even available in MS Reader format. Is there any kind of exception in the DMCA for stripping DRM where the originating service shut down or went out of business? Well, there’s one important difference between the MSN Music situation and the ebook situation. Microsoft haven’t taken any steps to restore the integrity of MS Reader DRM, so if they were to shut down the activation server for MS Reader, at least people would still be able to strip the DRM from their purchased ebooks using Convert LIT. Thankfully this doesn’t seem likely at the moment – even Microsoft’s ageing MSLit.com site still works and actually has up-to-date data about a few ebooks that I thought weren’t even available in MS Reader format.

Is there any kind of exception in the DMCA for stripping DRM where the originating service shut down or went out of business?

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