Neil Brown<p>New blogpost: <strong>"DRM: Digital Restrictions Management Damages Reading Magic"</strong></p><blockquote><p>There was an interesting discussion on the fediverse last night about DRM (digital restrictions management, a form of copy protection designed to limit how you can read the books you buy) and ebooks.</p></blockquote><p>My thoughts about DRM, paying authors, and how, while I very much dislike DRM on the books I want to buy, I can see why an author might be concerned about someone asking how to buy their books without it.</p><p><a href="https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/04/drm-digital-restrictions-management-damages-reading-magic/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">neilzone.co.uk/2025/04/drm-dig</span><span class="invisible">ital-restrictions-management-damages-reading-magic/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/DefectiveByDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefectiveByDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/calibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calibre</span></a></p>