Doug Belshaw has two bits of news about Pearson in this article. First, he reports on Pearson's new application to patent digital credentials (you know, like badges). It's only something Belshaw and others have been working on for years now. "he 'background' section uses language very similar to the Open Badges for Lifelong Learning working paper published in 2012 by Mozilla." Additionally, he notes that " they have closed their DRM-Free ebook store, and will now proceed to delete all ebooks from their customers' accounts." Well, I'm glad I didn't buy any eBooks from Pearson! "Perhaps I should have been more cynical, as they obviously are," writes Belshaw. "I note, for example, that Pearson waited until Mozilla handed over stewardship of Open Badges to IMS Global Learning Consortium (who have said they will not contest the patent) before filing." Will not contest? Seriously, IMS?
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