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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I don't know that publishers are going in the opposite direction. I suspect that the tightening of DRM was being pushed more B&N than by the publishers.
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I'm not so sure about that. When I complained to B&N that I could no longer download my books or open them in Bluefire Reader or even Adobe Digital Editions (both of which incorporate the passcode-based social DRM option that B&N used to use), I was told the recent "security enhancements" were in response to publishers wanting them to upgrade their security.
Also this from
Publisher's Weekly:
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HarperCollins has started using Digimarc Corp.’s watermarking system for e-books to provide an extra layer of security ... Although the system is capable of identifying consumers who download e-books illegally, HC is using it to make sure that its e-tailers “are using the highest degree of security possible,” Restivo-Alessi said. If the Guardian Watermarking finds e-books that are being downloaded illegally, they will ask that e-tailer to either upgrade their security efforts or risk being dropped as an account.[emphasis added]
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