King's e-Book Pirated Due to Lax Security
According to CNN, Glassbook, the distributor of Stephen King's e-book "Riding the Bullet," accused the publisher, Simon & Schuster, of rushing the novella out before proper security measures could be made. As a result, pirates have been able to crack the 40-bit security in the reader that was distributed with the e-book and make the content available for free.
In a prime example of locking the barn door after the horses have escaped, a new version with more robust 64-bit security will be out next week.
According to Glassbook President Len Kawall there have been 400,000 to 500,000 legal downloads of the book compared to what he estimates to be "a few" pirated copies.
Adds Kawall, "It is not the end of e-books. Our job is to make it more pleasurable to purchase the product from a legitimate source."
Though their is, at present, no reader for the Palm capable of reading a legal copy of the King novella, the e-book industry has tremendous growth potential, according to this C|net article.
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RE: no reader for Palm?
RE: no reader for Palm?
Are people that stupid?
that if you can see/hear it, you can copy it! The worst
problem with this, is that they knew that it wasnt secure
but they try to tell the users that they shouldnt even try
to copy it... (of course, they dont want to scare publisher would they?:)
If you want to protect it, no one has to read/hear it, so good luck :-)
RE: What does this have to do with Palm?
RE: News you can use
If you want to pirate some $500 microsoft software, feel free. But the rest of the world needs to make some money. And it's not like they're asking for a lot.
3 bucks is a LOT!
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no reader for Palm?