Thread: What is the real purpose of DRM?
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Old 04-09-2010, 06:13 PM   #16
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Ok peoples. When it comes to ebooks, DRM rarely locks you to a specific reading device.

For example, DRMed books purchased from B&N can be read on their proprietary device (the Nook). And on iPhones, iPod Touches, PC's, Macs and Blackberries. Amazon Kindle books are on the Kindle, iPhone, iPad, PC and Mac. It's reasonable that Android versions will also be available, and additional tablet OS's are practically a given. AFAIK the Adobe ebook DRM is also cross-platform.

There's also a ton of ways to get DRM-free public domain ebooks. B&N can slap whatever DRM they want onto a Charles Dickens book, that is extraordinarily unlikely to prevent readers from getting open versions.

This is a bit of an exception, as DRM is often used for vendor lock-ins. But for whatever reason(s), that does not seem to be the case with a lot of ebook retailers.
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