From In-SiDi-ous to Ridiculous

Back in June I wrote about SiDi - a DRM watermarking technology that I believe commits copyright violations and perpetrates fraud by producing altered versions (derivative works - illegal under copyright law) and then passing those off as the author's original work (fraud - illegal under marketing and consumer protection laws).

Today Boingboing has an update on the story detailing how various entities such as BREIN (which passes itself off as an anti-piracy group) are working with e-book sellers to record all customer activity, and presumably send the Stasi to your door (or your ISP's door) if they don't like what they see.

The ALA invited me to give a talk but I thought, nah, with the Apple collusion verdict this is kind of old hat now. Maybe, maybe not. E-books still suck, people, and DRM is a big reason why.