Comments on: ComiXology Ends Marvel Giveaway Early to Bring Site Back

By: Marvel #1 Giveaway Returns, Requires Preregistration » Comics Worth Reading

Marvel #1 Giveaway Returns, Requires Preregistration » Comics Worth Reading — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:17:03 +0000

[...] up on the aborted Marvel giveaway of free comics last month, comiXology has announced that the ability to choose from over 700 free [...]

By: Thad

Thad — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:53:31 +0000

The right way to do it would have been to package all 700, as DRM-free CBR or CBZ, in a torrent, and slap an ad for Comixology on each one.

I don’t see how there’s any benefit to slapping DRM on something you’re giving away for free. And there’s CERTAINLY no benefit to DDoSing your own server.

BT, of course, is immune to outages caused by high demand, and indeed is designed to work BEST under high demand.

But I can’t imagine the same corporate owners who want to ban BT outright would be comfortable using it as a protocol to distribute their own products. Acknowledging that it has a legitimate, legal use would undermine the claim that it’s only for piracy and absolutely nothing else.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:47:02 +0000

I’m guessing that it was easiest to go with a company that had already established a business. Those other outlets are more book-focused, not set up as much to deal with a lot of issues weekly.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:11:01 +0000

Hopefully other companies take a cue from DC and Archie and start offering same-day comics through other non-Comixology digital platforms (Nook, Kindle, etc.). Wonder why the comics industry deciding to replicate the Diamond-monopoly model digitally was a good idea in the first place…

Of course, I’d also like to see digital-comic-DRM go bye-bye as well…

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:12:37 +0000

If you weren’t logged in, or if you use the web reader, you couldn’t get access. If you use a device, you were ok with what you already had.

By: James Schee

James Schee — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:56:13 +0000

Huh I was at work and so away from my IPad. But I can usually even when offline still read the ones I bought and downloaded onto the ap. Was that not the case today?

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:18:07 +0000

I like “rented”. Like videotapes used to be. :)

Poor comiXology — they turned this offer off, and things still aren’t working. I guess four hours is too soon to expect recovery. We live in such an instant world.

By: Scott Peterson

Scott Peterson — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:56:43 +0000

“Users can’t log in. Which means they can’t read any issues they’ve already bought from any publisher, let alone downloading these giveaways.”

The problem, as I’m sure you know, is that those issues weren’t bought—they were paid for, yes, but not bought, merely…what…leased, I guess.