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TheSFReader · 04-05-2011, 08:48 AM

My understanding is that B&N used a DRM system (with the "social key") that was not compatible with the Adobe one, but that Adobe recently added it to their "Content Server" suite, which allows them to "embrace" the B&N DRM and render "updated" ereaders to read B&N drm-ed books. Nowhere do I see that B&N changed the DRM they use on the ebooks they sell. Has that situation changed in the last months ?

04-05-2011, 08:48 AM	#123
TheSFReader Groupie Posts: 172 Karma: 161634 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Nook	My understanding My understanding is that B&N used a DRM system (with the "social key") that was not compatible with the Adobe one, but that Adobe recently added it to their "Content Server" suite, which allows them to "embrace" the B&N DRM and render "updated" ereaders to read B&N drm-ed books. Nowhere do I see that B&N changed the DRM they use on the ebooks they sell. Has that situation changed in the last months ?