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Late last year, Nora interviewed Gabriella Coleman about digital book piracy. One of the reasons Gabriella cited for the increase in book piracy was new software and hardware that makes the book scanning process much easier.
On a related note, our friends at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society are presenting a luncheon event called The Why in DIY Book Scanning with Daniel Reetz. Here’s the blurb:
The DIY Book Scanner community (founded in June 2009) has produced a diverse ecosystem of book scanning hardware and software to address a wide range of human needs, both domestically and internationally. Daniel will motivate these efforts with case studies from the community, and hope to foster discussion on the future of digital books in light of these unmet needs.
Daniel Reetz [...] recently developed a high-speed book scanning system using open source technology, cheap cameras, and garbage. This free and open scanner design won the Epilog Grand Challenge, has been featured in Wired, and is now being improved and instantiated by a group of over 300 DIY’ers who believe that the future of digital books is too important to be decided solely by corporate interests.
The event will be webcast live at 12:30 ET on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, and archived online shortly after.
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This morning, Nora interviewed Matt Mason, author of The Pirate’s Dilemma. They talked about digital piracy, and how smart businesses are dealing with it. A shorter version of this interview will air on Spark 99, but you can hear the full, uncut interview below, or download the MP3. [runs 26:57]
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Note: The beginning of this interview references Cliff Harris, a video game developer who actively sought a discussion with people who were pirating his games.
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Over the past decade or so, digital piracy has been a major headache for the music business, the movie business, and the television business. Less so for the book publishing industry. But that may be about to change.
Yesterday, Nora talked to Gabriella Coleman about online book piracy. Gabriella is an assistant professor in the department of Media, Culture, & Communication at New York University. They talked about why online book piracy is poised to shake up the book biz, and what smart publishers can do to stop it.
A shorter version of this interview will air on Spark 93, but you can hear the full, uncut interview below, or download the MP3. [runs 21:11]
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On this episode of Spark: Digital forgetting, email salutations, and food pills
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