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Originally Posted by darkmonk
I don't see why this would be any different then any other encryption scheme. I mean really, slap some 128bit AES encryption on the file that can only be decrypted with the key. Is any other scheme any different? Just standardize it! 128bit is still not going to be cracked by anything short of a supercomputer!
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DRM-using publisher: Enjoy your book!
E-book reader: It looks good. Hey, can I give it to my friend after I read it?
Publisher: Nope. In fact, we've encrypted it to stop you from doing that.
Reader: Oh. But if it's encrypted, then how am I going to read it?
Publisher: Oh, no need to worry -- we've given you the key too.
Reader: Er. Ok. Then what's to stop me from giving it to my friend?
Publisher: Because it's encry.... Um. Let me get back to you on that.