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Old 06-23-2011, 02:25 PM   #267
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Originally Posted by ilovejedd View Post
You'd need to invent your own format or DRM for that. epub is basically a bunch of HTML and XML files in a ZIP archive. After it's been extracted, there's really no way you could corrupt the files unless you include a malware of some sort...
This.

And even then, if anyone thinks they can create a DRM format that cannot be cracked ever, well... they're welcome to match wits with every DRM-breaker and hacker on earth.

There's serious money in it for the person who manages.

There's a quote out there -- does anyone remember it -- that basically anyone can create something that THEY can't break, but no one can create something that NO ONE can break.
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