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Originally Posted by tomsem
Umm, no. B&N and Adobe developed this form of DRM to obviate the need for ADE or desktop software to move DRM content to the Nook, not to lock people in (there are dozens of apps and devices that will read B&N DRM content). They wanted a user experience more akin to Kindle, which also does not require desktop software for side-loading, much less creating a user account with a third party.
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That is not correct B&N acquired this DRM scheme when it acquired Fictionwise, Fictionwise acquired this DRM from eReader when they acquired eReader... the list goes on but I'll stop here. What B&N did was to license this scheme to Adobe so Adobe could include this DRM scheme in their Adobe DRM system. B&N then turned around and licensed Adobe's DRM so B&N could have compatibility with other Adobe DRM ePUBs and access to its own DRM ePUB. However B&N never licensed it's DRM scheme to any other manufactures.
So in effect B&N devices are compatible with every Adobe ePUB DRM vendor while no one else is is compatible with their eBooks. It helps makes their devices more attractive ans subtly locking them into their store.
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