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# LuLu Says Goodbye to DRM
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On January 8th, [LuLu announced that they would be dropping DRM][0] for users
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who "[download] eBooks directly from Lulu.com to the device of their choice".
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This is a wise move (for [those of us who oppose DRM][1]), but unfortunately, as
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John Sullivan of the Free Software Foundation noted on the fsf-community-team
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mailing list, the [comments on LuLu's website][0] are not all positive:
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[0]: http://www.lulu.com/blog/2013/01/drm-update/
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[1]: http://defectivebydesign.org/
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> This is a positive development, but unfortunately there has been a lot
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> of negative reaction in the comments on their announcement.
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> It'd be great if people could chime in and support them their move away
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> from DRM.
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At first glance, certain authors seem to be concerned that the absense of DRM
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will lead to ["more illegal file sharing"][0]:
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> [...] I’ve got copies of my non-DRM ebooks all over the torrent sites and
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> thousands of downloads registered, for which I haven’t received a cent. As
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> soon as you push for them to be taken down, they’re posted up again.
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While it is unfortunate that those authors are not receiving compensation for
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their hard work, it should be noted that this problem exists even *with*
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DRM, so it is not a valid argument toward keeping it.
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I applaud this move by LuLu, though I'm disappointed to see [this comment in the
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original post][0]:
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> Companies like Amazon, Apple and Barnes & Noble integrate a reader’s
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> experience from purchasing to downloading and finally to reading. These
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> companies do a fantastic job in this area, and eBooks published through Lulu
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> and distributed through these retail sites will continue to have the same
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> rights management applied as they do today.
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They do not do it well; no DRM is good DRM.
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