HarperCollins Wants Library EBooks to Self-Destruct After 26 Loans 181
An anonymous reader writes: "HarperCollins has decided to change their agreement with e-book distributor OverDrive [and other distributors, too]. They forced OverDrive, which is a main e-book distributor for libraries, to agree to terms so that HarperCollins e-books will only be licensed for checkout 26 times. Librarians have blown up over this, calling for a boycott of HarperCollins, breaking the DRM on e-books -- basically doing anything to let HarperCollins and other publishers know they consider this abuse."
Cory Doctorow, who wrote TFA, says: "For the record, all of my HarperCollins ebooks are also available as DRM-free Creative Commons downloads. And as bad as HarperCollins' terms are, they're still better than Macmillan's, my US/Canadian publisher, who don't allow any library circulation of their ebook titles."
Unsaid but... (Score:5, Funny)
Harper Collins also wants libraries to self-destruct after being used 26 times.
Where have I heard this before? (Score:5, Funny)
"I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further. "
Re:Where have I heard this before? (Score:5, Funny)
LOL @ Doctorow (Score:2, Funny)
All I take from this, is that Cory Doctorow needs to have all of his book rights under a better publisher than Macmillan.