Thread: Are DRM infections dying out?
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Old 03-20-2013, 07:40 AM   #12
John F
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Originally Posted by spindlegirl View Post
Our library has a growing selection of "Open Epub" books, I've borrowed a few of them, DRM-free.
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Originally Posted by glamourgenet View Post
If you have borrowed a library book, it contains DRM - you appear to be suggesting that because the book can be read on a large number of devices, it doesn't have DRM; without DRM, a library book cannot be returned to the library. DRM allows the library book to have a 'timer' within it that counts how long you've had it checked out for.
I believe that spindlegirl is correct.

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... you appear to be suggesting that because the book can be read on a large number of devices, it doesn't have DRM...
She isn't suggesting that. There is no DRM on an Open EPub.
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