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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
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Absolutely not. The last thing I want is to have my credit card number embedded in the unlocking mechanism for an e-book.
Second, to date, B&N do not sell e-books outside of the US. Not one. So, if the idea is to make it the "winning standard" ... how does this serve the other 6 billion people who don't happen to reside in the US?
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The credit card number isn't embedded. The last 8 digits are used for the encryption logarithm, not stored in the book. It's basically the key needed to unlock the book to make it open.
And I'm not hoping B&N the STORE wins, I'm hoping that other ADE-using ebookstores will adopt B&N's stand-alone "social" DRM, rather than relying on the ADEPT server-protected DRM.
I don't think DRM is going anywhere anytime soon (possibly never in the book industry, but that's another post). But I like books by authors who are published by large conglomerates obsessed with DRM, so I'll take one that is the most future proof.