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Originally Posted by langshipley
I'm seeing the term DRM a lot. What is that please?
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Digital Rights Management. This is a layer wrapped round the file of an ebook that limits what the user is permitted to do with it, ostensibly to curb piracy. In some cases (library lending) it can serve a useful purpose, but as with DRM on music sales it can prevent a legitimate purchaser being able to use the book in a way that seems reasonable at some future date (such as transferring it to another device) which causes considerable frustration and outright anger at times.
There are a number of different DRM systems in use, which just serves to make things even more confusing.
Searching for more info on the following will reveal the particular attributes of each:
Adobe ADEPT
Kindle (or Amazon) Topaz Mobipocket
Apple iBooks (or iTunes, or Fairplay) DRM
Secure Mobipocket
Secure eReader
Secure Microsoft Reader
Barnes & Noble DRM
There are probably others (is the Kobo DRM yet another?)...
Graham