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SpinVox carcass laid bare in final accounts
And you will know us by the trail of our debt Dragon’s Den TV star Julie Meyer described SpinVox as “the first major technology success story out of Europe”, but the company’s final accounts show a business running at a huge loss, spending heavily, and with interest payments alone exceeding income.…
Continue reading »Publishers Fear eBook Piracy, But Shouldn’t
The list of most pirated eBooks of 2009 is mostly filled with geek manuals, dating tips and self-help guides. At the end of the year, Dan Brown, Stephen King, Stephenie Meyer and J.K Rowling were the only best selling authors that made it into the top 25. One of the explanations for this apparent ‘lack of piracy’ is the fact that eBook readers are still an exclusive gadget.
Continue reading »DRM On a USB Drive: Now Just $29
Just as a reminder, Digital Rights Management was introduced to prevent people from using digital content in ways that its producer didn’t approve of. In many instances this means preventing unauthorized copying of MP3s or software. In reality however, DRM simply amounts to an annoyance for legitimate customers, while those people who weren’t planning to buy but pirate, have plenty of ways to hack or crack the copy protection schemes.
Continue reading »ZapShares or PeerMatrix, anyone?
“ZapShares has no privacy policy on their website,” said p2pnet World headline compiler Marc in an email, asking, “Shouldn’t a Canadian company have a privacy policy?” Of course it should. So should any online entity. But not ZapShares, which feels qualified to advise the US congress.
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