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Inside: How my DRM-free principles left me owning the rights to a German audiobook; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/21/martin-mensch/
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@pluralistic @Xu for DRM free audiobooks in German(y) I really like the seller "Thalia", they already have some of your English audiobooks in their "audiobook download subscription", this subscription is similar to audible (1 audiobook per month), except that you get them DRM free as downloadable MP3 files.
@Xu Thank you! I'll keep them in mind for post-Kickstarter sales.
@rene_mobile You might be interested or know people who are interested in the German audiobook mentioned here ^. It is a great story.
@pluralistic threats?
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How my DRM-free principles left me owning the rights to a German audiobook: This isn't my usual crowdfunder!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114891215977890594
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Hey look at this
* Everything Else https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/everything-else (h/t JWZ)
* UBC discourages its privacy impact assessments’ inclusion on hub created by former staffer https://ubyssey.ca/news/ubc-discourages-pia-hub/
* Patient Care Technology Disruptions Associated With the CrowdStrike Outage https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2836824
* Zuckerberg Is Expanding His Secretive Hawaii Compound. It Sits Atop a Burial Ground https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-secretive-hawaii-compound-burial-ground/
* The Incredible Shrinking Trump Antitrust Enforcers https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-the-incredible
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#10yrsago What we talk about when we talk about “Internet addiction” https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/07/16/is-internet-addiction-a-health-threat-for-teenagers/blame-society-not-the-screen-time
#10yrsago Los Angeles is selling off some very odd lots, including a sidewalk corner https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-redevelopment-property-sale-20150718-story.html
#10yrsago Rare look at how big business defends “Investor State Dispute Settlements” https://www.techdirt.com/2015/07/20/eu-proposes-to-reform-corporate-sovereignty-slightly-us-think-tank-goes-into-panic-mode/
#5yrsago Dems vote to fund more DHS invasions of US cities https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/20/no-mask-no-service/#enablers
#5yrsago Grifters started the anti-mask movement https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/20/no-mask-no-service/#dorr-brothers
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#5yrsago Michigan Supreme Court to review teenager's no-homework jail sentence https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/20/no-mask-no-service/#free-grace
#1yrago AI art has no anti-cooption immune system https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/20/ransom-note-force-field/#antilibraries
#1yrago FCC strikes a blow against prison profiteering https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/19/martha-wright-reed/#capitalists-hate-capitalism
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Saturday's threads: Conspiratorialism and neoliberalism; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114881244418116243
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