The NYT self-appointed “Ethicist” Randy Cohen disturbed a number of publishing folks over the weekend in declaring that downloading a pirated ebook version of Stephen King’s Under the Dome after purchasing a print version was “not unethical” though still “illegal.” And he declared a new “right to enjoy”: “buying a book or a piece of music should be regarded as a license to enjoy it on any platform.”NYT Meanwhile, former Random House ceo Peter Olson has been having fun teaching an unpublished Harvard Business School case study on “The Random House Response to the Kindle.” Unfortunately this HBS site features […]
