Comments on: Censoring books? http://futureoftheinternet.org/censoring-books Jonathan Zittrain is Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School Mon, 07 May 2012 17:36:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Taking another bite out of Apple | http://futureoftheinternet.org/censoring-books/comment-page-1#comment-13842 Taking another bite out of Apple | Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:40:42 +0000 http://futureoftheinternet.org/?p=581#comment-13842 [...] finally my issue with Apple’s getting some play, which is to say, over at The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It blog. Author Moriah Jovan had a book rejected last month on that basis (although the rejection [...] [...] finally my issue with Apple’s getting some play, which is to say, over at The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It blog. Author Moriah Jovan had a book rejected last month on that basis (although the rejection [...]

]]> By: Protégenos de la censura puritana -- El Blog de Manuel Delgado http://futureoftheinternet.org/censoring-books/comment-page-1#comment-4094 Protégenos de la censura puritana -- El Blog de Manuel Delgado Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:47:24 +0000 http://futureoftheinternet.org/?p=581#comment-4094 [...] mañana, he desayunado leyendo este artículo de Elisabeth Oppenheimer en The Future of the Internet, titulado “Censoring books?“. Había leído en el pasado sobre los cuestionables [...] [...] mañana, he desayunado leyendo este artículo de Elisabeth Oppenheimer en The Future of the Internet, titulado “Censoring books?“. Había leído en el pasado sobre los cuestionables [...]

]]> By: Bertil Hatt http://futureoftheinternet.org/censoring-books/comment-page-1#comment-4059 Bertil Hatt Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:35:42 +0000 http://futureoftheinternet.org/?p=581#comment-4059 Both models need to exist, one for innovative presentation of books (be it multimedia, interactive) and the other one to provide the simplicity expected from publisher — and be a reliable party to make acessible out-of-print books. More importantly (and I'm not expecting Apple to censor this one) for the book market is the recommendation process: either critics, or automated (that made Amazon rich); for all cultural good, price isn't as important as availability or expected quality, and audience of prescriptors. Both models need to exist, one for innovative presentation of books (be it multimedia, interactive) and the other one to provide the simplicity expected from publisher — and be a reliable party to make acessible out-of-print books.

More importantly (and I’m not expecting Apple to censor this one) for the book market is the recommendation process: either critics, or automated (that made Amazon rich); for all cultural good, price isn’t as important as availability or expected quality, and audience of prescriptors.

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