sgroyle writes: "DRM had, without my knowledge, been added to my book. I quickly checked my other books; same thing. Then I checked the books of authors who, because of their vocal and public opposition, I know are against DRM – Konrath, Howey, and Doctorow, to name a few – same result. ALL books on WHSmith have DRM in them.
Rather than assume WHSmith where at fault, I checked with my distributor, Draft2Digital. They send my books to Kobo, who in turn send my books to WHSmith. D2D assured me the DRM was not being added by them and were distressed to hear that this was the case. Kobo haven’t replied to any of the messages in this thread: “WHSmith putting DRM in books distributed via Kobo”. I’m not holding my breath."
You ask your interviewees to pee into a cup?
Man.... we just, like, talk to them, find out where they're at. You guys are f*cking weird. I'd never work with you.
'when some people use this freedom of expression to provoke or humiliate some others' values and beliefs, then this cannot be protected.'
Speech has never been free - not in the West, nor anywhere else - it always costs something. The question is; how much we are willing to pay for what we want to say.