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  • The Bookshelf of E-readers

    The Bookshelf of E-readers

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs Amazon no longer allows people to download e-books I would like to look at the collection of e-book readers that we could use today. We have Kindle, Nook, PocketBook, Kobo, iOS devices, Android devices, Tolino and more. In effect we could fill a book shelf with e-books if we wanted…

  • Content Ownership in the Age of Streaming

    Content Ownership in the Age of Streaming

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Guardian has an article from yesterday that dicussses the fragility of content ownership in the digital age. Specifically it looks at how [“My whole library is wiped out”](https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/may/14/my-whole-library-is-wiped-out-what-it-means-to-own-movies-and-tv-in-the-age-of-streaming-services) after a streaming service stopped streaming content. It told people “pay 200 USD to move to service B”. I encountered this issue eight…

  • Chillout

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteChillout® is an open source implementation of the DMP DRM software. The idea is to create a multiplatform toolkit that allows for the easy managment of rights for media files. Built with Java it has several levels of rights managment for a number of files. This includes encrytion software and more.…