There's an as yet unconfirmed rumor going around that Sony "has chosen to discontinue the commercialization" of its Marlin ebook DRM. Supported by Sony DADC, this DRM was an...
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Category: DRM
After 18 Years, Library of Congress Could Finally Allow You to Jailbreak Your Devices
This probably will not amount to much in terms of real impact. From Motherboard: The Librarian of Congress and US Copyright Office just proposed new rules that will give consumers and...
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Tea eReaders Use Non-Adobe DRM on Pocketbook Hardware
Tea is a French ereader startup that has gotten little attention outside of France, and it is about time that changed. This several year old startup recently signed a...
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You Can Now Strip DRM from Amazon’s Kindle KFX Format
When Amazon launched the newest version of its Kindle ebook format in 2015, the improved typography and hyphenation came at a price. Each KFX ebook was delivered as a...
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Pearson Closes DRM-Free eBookstore, Will Delete All eBooks From Customers’ Account
Pearson has just informed its customers that it is shunting down its ebookstore at MyPearsonStore.com, and that it will be deleting purchased ebooks by 30 April 2018. While the...
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Amazon Went a Little Nuts on Securing Its Video Platform
I am working my way up to launching an SF fan blog called SwearTrek.com, so lately I have been rewatching SF series like Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and tweeting...
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Apprentice Alf DeDRM Tools Updated (v6.5.4)
Your favorite free DRM-stripping tools were updated this week. The v6.5.4 is a relatively minor technical update, but since I haven't updated my copy in years I thought now was a...
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DRM Loophole Found for Audible Audiobooks (?)
It used to be that you could strip Audible DRM by paying for a $30 app or by running the right python script, but now there may be a...
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Datalogics Launches Bookvia Reading App
Earlier this year I reported that Datalogics was one of two companies which were using Sony's new DADC ebook DRM. Bluefire was using the DRM in its new cloud...
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TunesKit Audible Converter Rescues Audible Audiobooks
Many people use calibre plugins to protect their ebooks by stripping the DRM. Now there is a similar, albeit paid, solution for Audible audiobooks. Tuneskit Studio announced the release...
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The Zero-Gravity Toilet Of Adobe DRMed ePub
Editor's Note: Mike Cane originally wrote this post way back in 2008. I am reposting it in 2016 because even though eight years have passed, the problem still exists. Earlier...
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EditionGuard Adds Social DRM Option to Its eBookstore Platform
In early 2013 EditionGuard launched an ebookstore platform where anyone could sell ebooks encumbered by Adobe DE DRM. The service cost $39 and up at the time, and there...
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You Can’t Copy Your eBooks, and Other FUD
It is a truth universally acknowledged that (some) publishers hate the problems/benefits of ebooks , namely that (in a strictly technical sense) digital content can be easily copied and shared. This is why...
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Researchers Reveal Booxtream’s Digital Watermark DRM
The general details about Booxtream's digital watermark DRM have been known since someone deconstructed a Harry Potter ebook from Pottermore in 2012, but have you ever wondered about the specific technical...
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On DRM Being the Only Way to Guarantee Revenue, and Other Nonsense
Even the most ardent critic of DRM will admit that it has its uses. DRM may have a deleterious effect on consumers, but public libraries wouldn't be able to...
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