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Originally Posted by bojan
This kind of DRM scheme doesn't make any sense, because all you need is a single person that posts the ebook and the ID on the net, and anybody can download it and read it. The solution would be to tie the ID to a "real" person, but the problem would be how to build the reasonable authentication system for this.
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the eReader from Palm uses a credit card number. It is a pretty reasonable authenticatoin system since you are not likely to post your credit card number on the net.
Adobe and Microsoft tie the authentication to an account on the web and then Microsoft at least requires registering devices.
Dale