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Prices, Format War, and Piracy Fears

Saturday, November 15 2003

Microsoft Chief Software Architect Bill Gates has yet to fess up and admit that "Winston Smith" is right about the destructive effect of onerous Digital Rights Management on both our freedom and the e-book industry. But maybe someone else's sage advice will help. In an article in Library Journal, Walter Minkel, Technology editor of School Library Journal, smartly zeros in on price, the Tower of eBabel and copy restrictions as major obstacles to e-bookdom's success with books for children.

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