Filed under: Audio/Video Back in September, we said it was only a matter of time before the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) went after RealDVD, the software that lets you copy entire DVDs onto your computer for personal use. Studios are currently involved in a heated lawsuit with RealNe...

Leave aside your feelings about 2008 Libertarian Presidential candidate Bob Barr (pro or con) because I think we can agree he is right on this issue: There is now unfolding in a federal court in San Francisco a lawsuit in which several major Hollywood movie studios are suing RealNetworks - a relativ...

Hello, Amazon? You already know. My publisher and I prefer that DRM not be inflicted on The Solomon Scandals. Now here are similar thoughts from Simon Haynes, author of the Hal Spacejock series, the first book of which is a free download to entice you to purchase the others. Buying details for the o...

I understand that in-theater videotaping of movies is a major source of piracy, but it's hard to understand the threat model under which this is a useful technique: In recent years, the problem of camcorder piracy in theaters has become more serious due to technical advances in camcorders. In this p...

Dear Amazon, First, I need to let you know something. I love the Kindle 2. I think it is amazing. It is everything a sci-fi geek like myself daydreamed about as an ideal ‘electronic book’. It’s pretty damn near perfect, in my eyes. That said, I’m not planning on buying one. I...

I hope TeleReaders will forgive the preponderance of Kindle stories this morning, but it is a pretty newsworthy event in the e-book world. (And besides, David has made two Kindle posts to my one, and I need to catch up!) Did you know that the expressions “the writing on the wall� and “days are...

If any book is intended to be shared, it is the Bible. Tell that to Amazon, however. Right now you can download the Holy Bible to your Kindle for free. Made available by Crossway Books and Bibles, this authoritative Holy Scripture comes complete with DRM. Meaning it remains locked up on your Kindle....

Netbooks are okay for reading e-books, but tablets would be even better. But what will you type with? One Laptop Per Child solved that problem with a convertible laptop that you can also fold into a tablet. How about a different approach, though? Suppose you could simply detach the keyboard and kick...

Strange, isn’t it? Publishers don’t want Amazon to boss ‘em around on such issues as price—and yet they’re letting Amazon use DRM to lock in customers. This is hardly news to TeleRead readers. But it’s good to see Techdirt, itself no stranger to this issue, note t...

What's the point of fighting PC game piracy? According to Stormrise developer Creative Assembly Australia's communications manager Vispi Bhopti, there isn't one. Speaking in an interview with VideoGamer.com, Bhopti revealed that Creative Assembly had no plans for additional copy protection for the u...