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Originally Posted by ShellShock
Adobe says it is the publishers who are insisting that they harden their (Adobe's) DRM, to combat perceived loss of sales due to piracy. If this is the case, then will not the publishers also insist that Kobo harden the Kobo specific DRM that is used for kepubs (Kobo own epub wrapper)? Similarly for Amazon and Kindle's DRM, although Amazon is big enough to stand up to the publishers.
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I wouldn't be surprised if the publishers are trying to add performance clauses to the reseller contracts (and Overdrive contract) that "The ebooks will be protected with a secure DRM and if there is a known exploit it will be fixed within x months." The resellers would have been able to strike it out because Adobe couldn't commit deliver to it but with this new DRM they think they can deliver. If that's the scenario then all the resellers could be forced to upgrade the DRM.
I remember reading that Apple had a clause like that with the music publishers and that was part of the reason Steve Jobs came out and said he didn't want DRM in the first place and wanted to get rid of it. They were stuck in a battle of upgrading and then getting hacked again.