Doctorow Slam's Apple's iPad DRM
Publishing provocateur Cory Doctorow has been doing a regular column for Publishers Weekly. In his most recent installment, he sounds off on Apple’s iPad DRM, and not just the software that locks down the music and eBooks, but also the locks down the whole device against non-Apple-approved apps. He says that given the buzz and the hopes surrounding iPad, the implications of Apple’s competition-killing DRM are big and bad.
Here’s an excerpt: “Does the company that makes your toaster get to tell you whose bread you can buy? Your dishwasher can wash anyone’s dishes, not just the ones sold by its manufacturer (who, by the way, takes a 30% cut along the way).
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