Comments on: 2600 Magazine as DRM-free Kindle, PDF ebooks http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/2600-magazine-as-drm.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/2600-magazine-as-drm.html#comment-947217 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-947217 Yikes, I didn't read the description. You just made a sale! Yikes, I didn’t read the description.

You just made a sale!

]]> By: emmanuel2600 http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/2600-magazine-as-drm.html#comment-946269 emmanuel2600 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946269 PaulR, the digital version consists of an entire year (300 pages), not just one issue. It's much less than the equivalent in paper. PaulR, the digital version consists of an entire year (300 pages), not just one issue. It’s much less than the equivalent in paper.

]]> By: DataShade http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/2600-magazine-as-drm.html#comment-946020 DataShade Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946020 Wait, is 2600 really going with the "Give it Away and Pray" model of ebusiness? I didn't think Michael Masnick was obscure, I expected tech-savvy people to at least have heard of "CwF+RtB," but I guess not? http://www.techdirt.com/rtb.php Wait, is 2600 really going with the “Give it Away and Pray” model of ebusiness? I didn’t think Michael Masnick was obscure, I expected tech-savvy people to at least have heard of “CwF+RtB,” but I guess not?

http://www.techdirt.com/rtb.php

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/2600-magazine-as-drm.html#comment-946022 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946022 Kudos to 2600! I first discovered them (and “Emmanuel Goldstein”) back in the early-1990s here on the radio in NYC. Then was introduced to the magazine. Then the website. And now, the e-versions of the magazine. True pioneers. Kudos to 2600! I first discovered them (and “Emmanuel Goldstein”) back in the early-1990s here on the radio in NYC. Then was introduced to the magazine. Then the website. And now, the e-versions of the magazine.

True pioneers.

]]> By: Mitch http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/2600-magazine-as-drm.html#comment-946025 Mitch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946025 It would be more fun if the published it with DRM and an article on how to break the DRM. It would be more fun if the published it with DRM and an article on how to break the DRM.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/2600-magazine-as-drm.html#comment-956295 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-956295 I already own half of these issues, but I missed 2 this year (traveling, no excuse). This is a GREAT way for me to catch up on 2600. In fact, I would ALMOST prefer it - but I love the smell of a real paper magazine, and holding a real magazine is a treat. I am almost 100% digital these days (music, video - and now almost all the way there with books). Like I say, I already own 50% of this content. Even if I owned all of it, I'd still buy it anyway - handy to take around on my iPad, for one, and support 2600 for two. Great job Emmanuel! I'll be buying every one of these you can throw at me. And I have no plans on sharing... this is just for me, for on the go. THANK YOU!! I already own half of these issues, but I missed 2 this year (traveling, no excuse). This is a GREAT way for me to catch up on 2600. In fact, I would ALMOST prefer it – but I love the smell of a real paper magazine, and holding a real magazine is a treat.

I am almost 100% digital these days (music, video – and now almost all the way there with books). Like I say, I already own 50% of this content. Even if I owned all of it, I’d still buy it anyway – handy to take around on my iPad, for one, and support 2600 for two.

Great job Emmanuel! I’ll be buying every one of these you can throw at me. And I have no plans on sharing… this is just for me, for on the go. THANK YOU!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/2600-magazine-as-drm.html#comment-946063 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946063 Far be it for me to tell all y'all how to run a magazine but can you at least publish a table of contents? $9.95 is kinda steep without a preview of what the content is gonna be. Makes me wanna go out and download it from a P2P site. Far be it for me to tell all y’all how to run a magazine but can you at least publish a table of contents? $9.95 is kinda steep without a preview of what the content is gonna be. Makes me wanna go out and download it from a P2P site.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/2600-magazine-as-drm.html#comment-946081 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946081 I want to buy the PDF download, but it's asking for my full name, shipping address and phone number. For a magazine that's obsessed with privacy and security, you'd think they would realize the problem with that set up. I don't want to give them that info. I just want to give them $10. They're not shipping me anything, so why do they need my address? There has to be a better way. I want to buy the PDF download, but it’s asking for my full name, shipping address and phone number. For a magazine that’s obsessed with privacy and security, you’d think they would realize the problem with that set up. I don’t want to give them that info. I just want to give them $10. They’re not shipping me anything, so why do they need my address? There has to be a better way.

]]> By: johnfoster http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/2600-magazine-as-drm.html#comment-946100 johnfoster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946100 DRM free doesn't mean "free" as in "gratis". it costs $10 to read. DRM free doesn’t mean “free” as in “gratis”. it costs $10 to read.

]]> By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/2600-magazine-as-drm.html#comment-946138 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946138 Why is the digital version more expensive than the dead-tree version? Why? Why is the digital version more expensive than the dead-tree version?

Why?

]]> By: ethicalcannibal http://boingboing.net/2010/11/23/2600-magazine-as-drm.html#comment-946163 ethicalcannibal Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-946163 Cool. I put it on my wishlist for next payday. Cool. I put it on my wishlist for next payday.

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