Adobe Cracks Down on Piracy video 2 mp3 with New ePub and PDF DRM | Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News
The new set of DRM for ePub files has been pushed out to Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 and Adobe Content Server. Adobe has been working with their publishing and hardware partners, such as Sony, to refine the code before they released it to the public. This time around Adobe wants to keep the source code under lock and key to prevent people from writing decryption tools and plugins for popular conversion software like Calibre.
The new way to encrypt video 2 mp3 ePub and PDF eBooks will be up to the companies that distribute them. Companies like Sony are in a prime position to take advantage of the new technology because they sell books and also write the e-reading software. Other companies who write 3rd party reading software for iOS and Android are put on notice to incorporate the new systems in order to stay relevant.
When it comes to protecting eBooks, Adobe may not be the force in the industry, when it comes to encryption anymore. Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Kobo all have their own ways to encrypt eBooks. Amazon has their own proprietary format, video 2 mp3 while B&N and Kobo use schema. It is thought that the companies that actually use the stock Adobe version of DRM make up less than 5% of the total eBook market.
I was told by some members of the W3C that Adobe is planning a new online verification tool that queries a an always video 2 mp3 on internet connection. This is something that many game companies are employing to curb piracy, such as Electronic Arts. Likely, we will not see this “Always Online DRM” for another year or two. Companies need to adjust to the new higher form of encryption in the here and now.
Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader. He has been writing about electronic readers and technology for the last four years. His articles have been picked up by major and local news sources and websites such as the Huffington Post, CNET and more. Michael frequently travels to international events such as IFA, Computex, CES, Book Expo and a myriad of others. If you have any questions about any of his articles, please send Michael Kozlowski an email to michael@goodereader.com
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Adobe can do whatever it wants. I never buy books with DRM anyway. I never will. No company can keep the books I paid for under lock an and key… ever. I bought over 40 ebooks last year. None of them had DRM.
Some book publishers are making the same mistake the music industry did years ago. This will alienate and antagonize many passionate readers who spend a lot of money on books, who do not like the horrible restrictiveness video 2 mp3 of DRM. The publishers will lose this battle. There is no doubt about it.
Always on? Jeepers. Okay, let’s think logically here. We have a technology that allows a device to maintain a charge for weeks at a time, which means that going on holiday to the “country” video 2 mp3 lets us bring our “books” with us. That was one of the selling points when this was getting off the ground! Hail DRM free books! You know, this piracy thing is getting silly.
Yes exactly, because DRM never hurts those who pirate books, as pirated books by their very nature have no DRM at all and are truly user friendly. If anything ‘Always Online’ DRM will force legit book owners to search for pirated versions. DRM will always get circumvented. You only need one buyer of the paper version to make a scan of the book and any DRM is useless. I am a librarian and a book lover. I have a huge paper library video 2 mp3 and also a huge ebook library. I am proud of my collections. I love to collect and maintain them. Personally I consider an ebook with DRM to be contaminated, infested, video 2 mp3 filthy, video 2 mp3 polluted. I do not want anything to do with contaminated books. And I know that many book lovers feel the same. Most of us want to pay for the books we love, but not for those that are contaminated with DRM.
In fact I know about only one situation in which I would be prepared to own books with DRM: that is if they were free! I very strongly feel I need to be compensated for my willingness to put up with the hassle and restrictions of DRM. I certainly will not pay for such a damaged and contaminated book. But free books do not need DRM in the first place. The conclusion is simple…
This is the STUPIDEST waste of money ever. I have no idea why publishers are so determined to make it harder and harder for people to buy ebooks. Unless they want to turn everyone to piracy? Seriously
The new set of DRM for ePub files has been pushed out to Adobe Digital Editions 3.0 and Adobe Content Server. Adobe has been working with their publishing and hardware partners, such as Sony, to refine the code before they released it to the public. This time around Adobe wants to keep the source code under lock and key to prevent people from writing decryption tools and plugins for popular conversion software like Calibre.
The new way to encrypt video 2 mp3 ePub and PDF eBooks will be up to the companies that distribute them. Companies like Sony are in a prime position to take advantage of the new technology because they sell books and also write the e-reading software. Other companies who write 3rd party reading software for iOS and Android are put on notice to incorporate the new systems in order to stay relevant.
When it comes to protecting eBooks, Adobe may not be the force in the industry, when it comes to encryption anymore. Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Kobo all have their own ways to encrypt eBooks. Amazon has their own proprietary format, video 2 mp3 while B&N and Kobo use schema. It is thought that the companies that actually use the stock Adobe version of DRM make up less than 5% of the total eBook market.
I was told by some members of the W3C that Adobe is planning a new online verification tool that queries a an always video 2 mp3 on internet connection. This is something that many game companies are employing to curb piracy, such as Electronic Arts. Likely, we will not see this “Always Online DRM” for another year or two. Companies need to adjust to the new higher form of encryption in the here and now.
Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader. He has been writing about electronic readers and technology for the last four years. His articles have been picked up by major and local news sources and websites such as the Huffington Post, CNET and more. Michael frequently travels to international events such as IFA, Computex, CES, Book Expo and a myriad of others. If you have any questions about any of his articles, please send Michael Kozlowski an email to michael@goodereader.com
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Adobe can do whatever it wants. I never buy books with DRM anyway. I never will. No company can keep the books I paid for under lock an and key… ever. I bought over 40 ebooks last year. None of them had DRM.
Some book publishers are making the same mistake the music industry did years ago. This will alienate and antagonize many passionate readers who spend a lot of money on books, who do not like the horrible restrictiveness video 2 mp3 of DRM. The publishers will lose this battle. There is no doubt about it.
Always on? Jeepers. Okay, let’s think logically here. We have a technology that allows a device to maintain a charge for weeks at a time, which means that going on holiday to the “country” video 2 mp3 lets us bring our “books” with us. That was one of the selling points when this was getting off the ground! Hail DRM free books! You know, this piracy thing is getting silly.
Yes exactly, because DRM never hurts those who pirate books, as pirated books by their very nature have no DRM at all and are truly user friendly. If anything ‘Always Online’ DRM will force legit book owners to search for pirated versions. DRM will always get circumvented. You only need one buyer of the paper version to make a scan of the book and any DRM is useless. I am a librarian and a book lover. I have a huge paper library video 2 mp3 and also a huge ebook library. I am proud of my collections. I love to collect and maintain them. Personally I consider an ebook with DRM to be contaminated, infested, video 2 mp3 filthy, video 2 mp3 polluted. I do not want anything to do with contaminated books. And I know that many book lovers feel the same. Most of us want to pay for the books we love, but not for those that are contaminated with DRM.
In fact I know about only one situation in which I would be prepared to own books with DRM: that is if they were free! I very strongly feel I need to be compensated for my willingness to put up with the hassle and restrictions of DRM. I certainly will not pay for such a damaged and contaminated book. But free books do not need DRM in the first place. The conclusion is simple…
This is the STUPIDEST waste of money ever. I have no idea why publishers are so determined to make it harder and harder for people to buy ebooks. Unless they want to turn everyone to piracy? Seriously
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