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Originally Posted by frozennorth
Don't blame Sony. It was B&N's choice to use a propietary drm same as apple did ...
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
While it's true they could have used "regular" Adobe ID based DRM, Sony did make the choice to not enable support for Adobe Password based DRM on their newer readers as the RMSDK supports both ...
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I think AnemicOak makes a key distinction here: B&N doesn't use their own proprietary DRM -- they use Adobe's new password-based DRM. True, Adobe developed it in conjunction with B&N, but what does that matter if it's available to all booksellers and ereader developers? Adobe password-based DRM is incorporated in the next release of Adobe Digital Editions (1.8) and the most recent Adobe RMSDK 9.2. (RMSDK is the software ereaders use to open Adobe DRM'ed epubs. For more info, see
this thread.)
I think it's also worth noting that Nook reads all Adobe DRM, both traditional and password-based. This means if you have a Nook, you can read books from pretty much any source except Amazon. Yes, a Nook will read books from the Sony store and Kobo -- but a Sony reader and Kobo reader will not (at this time) read books from B&N. Doesn't that make B&N more open, not less?
That said, I like what I've seen of Sony Readers, and if Sony ever updates their software to include Adobe's password-based DRM, I'll buy one.
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Originally Posted by frozennorth
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that jetbook supports any adobe drm.
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From
Ectaco's web site: jetBook Lite: "Now pre-installed with Adobe DRM Support for Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) ePubFiles and Barnes & Noble ePub Books"
Also, the
PanDigital Novel supports Adobe's password-based DRM, and can therefore read B&N books.
I've heard anecdotally that Onyx and Bebook have readers that can read B&N ebooks as well, but haven't been able to confirm this.