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but since we are specifically talking about cracking drm here, actually i think that there is an increasingly good chance of adobe drm being cracked because it is being used more and more ; before it wasn't really a problem because you could always get a different format, like lit, which was cracked. but with the emergence of epub and the european publishers seeming to choose epub over other formats adobe drm is becoming a lot more common. that might be the incentive the hacking community needed to really go at it. |
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Eventually, somebody will write a "vampire" DRM breaking program. What is that? For every DRM scheme, at some stage, there has to be a video buffer holding the screen text, unencrypted. A program that reads the buffer and stores it would act as the perfect DRM breaker, for any DRM. (not to mention it could be set up as a translation program to any format...
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In practice, the single biggest obstacle to unbreakable DRM is the fact that the end user must some how or other have the key. Ultimately, if epub begins to gain traction at the expense of other formats, I suspect that the incentatives to break Adobe DRM schemes will increase. I wouldn't expect it to happen this year, but I think I would be surprised if it hadn't been broken in 5 years. -- Bill Last edited by bill_mchale; 02-17-2009 at 04:24 PM. Reason: Clean up some of the writing |
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it looks like sometimes wishes are not so farfetched ! Adobe adept drm has now been circumvented ! and we didn't even have to wait 5 years. i can't say i'm surprised (although i am thrilled) ; as i mentioned earlier, i think the only reason it didn't happen sooner is that it was not widely enough used, and other forms of drm were more of a priority.
proof yet again that no drm is uncrackable, and there's really no point in continuing to use it. this is a great day for honest ebook buyers everywhere ! now i can finally buy epub files instead of lit !! yay !! for my next wish, i'd like all publishers to abandon drm altogether. since wishes seem to be coming true these days... down with drm ! |
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Getting back to the ORIGINAL subject of this thread…
I've glanced over a number of the comments submitted late in the process by industry advocacy groups and industry-related websites, and written a review for TeleRead. http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/28/ftc-comments/ |
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And here's an excellent rebuttal to all those pro-DRM FTC comments. (Is anyone reading this? Should I maybe start a new thread with these blog posts for greater visibility?)
http://www.di2.nu/200903/01.htm |
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i'm reading it. and i was thinking that someone should send the ftc a link to this thread.
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Wrote a comment thanks
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