Thread: “Sony Developing New DRM to Make Used eBooks Viable”
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Old 11-27-2014, 03:36 PM   #82
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Originally Posted by rkomar View Post
It's possible that, in fifteen years time, few readers will be able to handle a current ebook in its original form (including DRM encryption).
ePub 2 files will probably be viable for the long term, as they are basically HTML/CSS documents in a lightweight shell.

The DRM is a different story...

EPub 3 may be diverting from the HTML standard, I'm not that up on ePub 3.
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