Netlibrary audiobooks (was RE: Overdrive)

In many cases, NetLibrary subscribers are joining with the
HOPE that
netLibrary gets the proper licensing for iPods soon...

The Govt can't force MS or Apple to use a competitors
software just
because we demand them to. One or the other has to
capitulate. I believe,
in terms of libraries, that if Overdrive adopting NetLibrary
buffet style
offerings... NetLibrary would be wiped off the table almost
immediately as
a valid Digital Audio Book source for Libraries.

But perhaps Overdrive just doesn't want that market

On Tue, May 23, 2006 16:24, Carol Bean wrote:
- > I've been tracking this out of the corner of my eye
also.
- >
- > Interesting about the Mac.  Do the licensees of
Netlibrary audiobooks
- > out there know how many of their patrons cannot use
the product they're
- > paying for?  Or do we jump in and subscribe because
everyone else is?
- > On the other hand, who among us is going to refuse a
product simply
- > because it's discriminatory?  But we probably don't
want to go there...
- >
- > Carol Bean
- > North County Regional Library
- > Palm Beach County Library System
- > 11303 Campus Drive
- > Palm Beach Gardens, FL  33410
- >
- >
- > JOHN MARQUETTE wrote:
- >
- >>Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 15:56:04 -0500
- >>From: "Jesse Ephraim" <JEphraimci.southlake.tx.us>
- >>Subject: RE: [Web4lib] RE: Overdrive
- >><snip>
- >>
- >>
- >>
- >>>If Overdrive's business model was like the
NetLibrary one (buffet
- >>>style), my bet is that we would already have
purchased a subscription
- >>>and had everything up-and-running.
- >>>
- >>>
- >>
- >>I've been tracking this out of the corner of my
eye, and it brings up
- >>the issue of Mac marginalization.  As far as I
know, Macs still cannot
- >>use NetLibrary and there is no plan by OCLC to
make NetLibrary
- >>Mac-compatible.  Is Overdrive Mac-friendly?  Will
the popularity of the
- >>iPod change OCLC's marketing strategy?  To quote
NetLibrary:
- >>
- >>" Q: Can I download and play an audiobook on
a Mac?
- >>A: NetLibrary audiobooks cannot be played on Macs
because the latest
- >>version of Window Media Player available for Macs
(version 9) is based
- >>on Windows Media Rights Manager version 1.3.
NetLibrary uses version 2.x
- >>licenses for eAudiobooks in order to maintain a
high level of security.
- >>Because the latest version of Windows Media Player
for Macs does not
- >>support 2.x licenses, NetLibrary audiobooks cannot
be played on Macs at
- >>this point in time.
- >>
- >>Q: Can I download and play an audiobook on an
iPod?
- >>A: No, NetLibrary audiobooks cannot be played on
iPods. iPods use the
- >>.aac file format and the .aac file format does not
support the Digital
- >>Rights Management protection required by
NetLibrary audiobooks at this
- >>time. Digital Rights Management protection helps
ensure that the content
- >>of our publishing partners is secure, especially
when items are checked
- >>out from the library's collection and borrowed by
a user rather than
- >>purchased. This Digital Rights Management
technology allows checked out
- >>items to expire on the due date."
- >>
- >>http://netlibrary.com/Help/Default.aspx?Page=FAQ#
AudiobooksFAQs
- >>
- >>John Marquette
- >>City of Commerce Public Library
- >>5655 Jillson Street
- >>Commerce, CA 90040
- >>
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Michael McEvoy wrote:
> The Govt can't force MS or Apple to use a competitors
software just
> because we demand them to. One or the other has to
capitulate. 
Actually, the French government has just passed a ruling
about DRM 
compatibility, so some governments DO think that they can
influence this 
type of thing. Predictions are that their regulations will
not be 
terribly effective.
  htt
p://www.drmwatch.com/legal/article.php/3607256

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