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New DRM-Free Label Announced

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the seal-of-approval dept.

jrepin writes "Awareness has been spreading among individuals, businesses and other organizations that DRM is a completely unnecessary restriction of freedom, and it drives people away. As that awareness spreads, going 'DRM-Free' becomes more and more valuable for patrons. To really build upon that image and to provide a resource for people to learn about why being DRM-Free matters, a logo was created for suppliers to proudly advertise that their files all come unencumbered by restrictive technologies. Some among early adopters are O'Reilly Media, ClearBits, Momentum Books, and ccMixter."

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  1. Ugly by rebelwarlock · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That logo is hideous. Who's going to be putting that on their packaging?

    1. Re:Ugly by black3d · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Agreed, that's a pretty bad logo. Kudos to them for the idea. It needs to be promoted, but not with that. It'd too cluttered. Text is a bad thing. It should be optional, underneath, beside, etc, but not wrapped around as part of the logo. The idea of brand recognition is that the logo becomes instantly identifiable, which means it DOESN'T need to have a detailed explanation of what DRM-FREE means, in the long term. Put the text "with it" now somehow, but not as the actual logo. :\

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      "The true measure of a person is how they act when they know they won't get caught." - DSRilk
  2. DRM-free Should be the DEFAULT by Mitreya · · Score: 4, Insightful

    People looking for ebooks in places like Amazon often have trouble figuring out which ebooks have DRM and which don't because Amazon does not advertise that information.

    How can they NOT make that information easily available?
    Why do people not return books more as soon as they run into an unadvertised DRM problem?