DRM

OverDrive, one of the main suppliers of audio content to libraries and other institutions, is adding DRM-free titles to its catalog, and going direct-to-consumer.

Now that audiobook publishers are backing off from DRM–Penguin appears ready to follow Random House—isn’t it time for this to happen on the e-book side?

Five points to ponder.

Penguin is planning to offer audiobooks that are free of digital copyright protection technology, which will allow buyers to play them on any digital device, dismissing fears that they could become the latest target for online pirates.

Another step in the right direction.

Here’s good news for audio-bibliophiles. Random House Audio has announced that it will now allow its audiobooks to be sold without DRM by all of its online retailers. Hopefully the other major publishers will follow suit.