Princeton U-Store to Offer DRM’d E-Books
It would appear that the bookstore loosely affiliated with my Alma Mater has decided to release e-books locked with DRM that expires in 5 months. One of my old professors has a
blog post about it.
There isn’t much I can add beyond what Professor Felten has already said. I think it’s a stupid idea and most students, if given the choice, will simply choose the Òdead treeÓ version. I personally wouldn’t take a version of any of my textbooks in electronic format. Especially anything for Math/Science/Engineering related fields that I’ll want to use (or burn) later.
I will say that, having been a student, the Screw-Store is just out to increase profits. I’m not sure on the financials of this, but I doubt this is for the good of the student body. Especially given their ÒmonopolyÓ on books in the area. (I know there is Macabre but in four years, I only had to get books there once.)
Oh well, it will definitely be fun to see how long it takes the student body to crack the DRM, or at least reject this crap outright.
