Comments on: New digital rights management in scientific literature http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/07/24/new-digital-rights-management-in-scientific-literature/ exploring high-performance soot and other interesting polymers Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:47:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: merkwuerden http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/07/24/new-digital-rights-management-in-scientific-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-4205 merkwuerden Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:30:02 +0000 http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/07/24/new-digital-rights-management-in-scientific-literature/#comment-4205 <p>This is true. It is worse and these guys even make ridiculous demands with respect to the software to be used to access these files. Special plugins that are a nightmare to get installed in a tightly controlled corporate IT ecosystem.</p> <p>That is one way to alienate your customers:</p> <p>Treat them like thieves and they will turn to thieving as it will be the only resort left to them to use and gain access to information they are actually willing to pay for!</p> <p>After all they start to compete with a freebie without these restrictions and want to get money for it.... so offer a good product and don't annoy your customers.</p> <p>Else people will find ways arround.... They always have...</p> This is true. It is worse and these guys even make ridiculous demands with respect to the software to be used to access these files. Special plugins that are a nightmare to get installed in a tightly controlled corporate IT ecosystem.

That is one way to alienate your customers:

Treat them like thieves and they will turn to thieving as it will be the only resort left to them to use and gain access to information they are actually willing to pay for!

After all they start to compete with a freebie without these restrictions and want to get money for it…. so offer a good product and don’t annoy your customers.

Else people will find ways arround…. They always have…

]]> By: kayesdee http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/07/24/new-digital-rights-management-in-scientific-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-4083 kayesdee Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:14:44 +0000 http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/07/24/new-digital-rights-management-in-scientific-literature/#comment-4083 <p>These new DRMed articles are not full text, just full image. you cannot search them, cannot archive them. Only print a certain amount of times, and only within a certain time. Where is digital in this? This is worse than analog. And much less useful than just full text pdfs.</p> These new DRMed articles are not full text, just full image. you cannot search them, cannot archive them. Only print a certain amount of times, and only within a certain time. Where is digital in this? This is worse than analog. And much less useful than just full text pdfs.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/07/24/new-digital-rights-management-in-scientific-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-4081 Mitch Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:11:39 +0000 http://www.thepowerofgoo.net/2008/07/24/new-digital-rights-management-in-scientific-literature/#comment-4081 <p>What seems ridiculous about that?</p> What seems ridiculous about that?

]]>