News: “Apple says no to Adobe’s e-book DRM, prefers its own FairPlay”

Posted: February 18th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

Apple says no to Adobe’s e-book DRM, prefers its own FairPlay on Geek.com
Topics: IBook, FairPlay

Apple will use its own content protection technology to prevent e-book pirating, instead of Adobe’s more wide-spread technology. As a result, you won’t be able to transfer iPad books on other e-readers or use an iPad to read e-books…


News: “Digital handcuffs for Apple ebooks?”

Posted: February 16th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , | No Comments »

Digital handcuffs for Apple ebooks? on LISNews – Librarian And Information Science News
Topics: IBook, FairPlay

Story in the LA Times Apple’s old digital rights management software (DRM), FairPlay, is slated to make a comeback with the e-books it will be selling on its iBook Store. While music users have been free of these “digital handcuffs” for the last…


News: “iBooks To Have FairPlay DRM: Report”

Posted: February 15th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

iBooks To Have FairPlay DRM: Report on HotHardware.com News Rss Feed
Topics: FairPlay, IBook, ITunes

In what should surprise few, Apple will sell e-books in its iBook store wrapped in its FairPlay digital rights management (DRM, copy protection) technology, according to unnamed sources speaking to the L.A. Times. Consumers may recall that Apple…