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Old 03-13-2012, 06:58 PM   #181
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Originally Posted by geertm View Post
Unlike Amazon and Apple who do not license their DRM to anyone else, B&N has licensed its DRM to Adobe, and support for B&N's DRM is included in the latest Adobe software. Any software ereader or ereader device using the latest Adobe software can support B&N's DRM.
Several software ereaders do support B&N's DRM (including a pre-release of the new ADE software), but manufacturers like Kobo and Sony have chosen not to enable support for the B&N DRM.

So instead of blaming B&N, blame the ereader manufacturers for not enabling the included B&N DRM support.
I still blame B&N. It's good business sense to not go with the B&N DRM because it means people who own a Sony or Kobo can't shop at B&N for eBooks. If B&N has used standard Adept DRM, then sure, all ePub customers could shop there.
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