DRM

Tea eReaders Use Non-Adobe DRM on Pocketbook Hardware

16 May, 2018 // 1 Comment

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 deal to provide the DRM used on [Read More ...]

You Can Now Strip DRM from Amazon’s Kindle KFX Format

16 April, 2018 // 4 Comments

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 collection of files with no [Read More ...]

Pearson Closes DRM-Free eBookstore, Will Delete All eBooks From Customers’ Account

13 November, 2017 // 6 Comments

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 ebooks don't have [Read More ...]

Amazon Went a Little Nuts on Securing Its Video Platform

30 August, 2017 // 14 Comments

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 commentary on details like the [Read More ...]

Apprentice Alf DeDRM Tools Updated (v6.5.4)

27 June, 2017 // 7 Comments

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 good time to [Read More ...]

DRM Loophole Found for Audible Audiobooks (?)

15 May, 2017 // 28 Comments

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 simpler option. Andrew Hickey noticed a couple weeks back that [Read More ...]

Datalogics Launches Bookvia Reading App

20 December, 2016 // 0 Comments

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 library app, and Datalogics was offering [Read More ...]

TunesKit Audible Converter Rescues Audible Audiobooks

12 November, 2016 // 11 Comments

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 of a new [Read More ...]

The Zero-Gravity Toilet Of Adobe DRMed ePub

2 November, 2016 // 14 Comments

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 today Mike Cane pointed [Read More ...]

EditionGuard Adds Social DRM Option to Its eBookstore Platform

6 October, 2016 // 5 Comments

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 was no DRM-free option. It's [Read More ...]

You Can’t Copy Your eBooks, and Other FUD

6 October, 2016 // 7 Comments

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. [Read More ...]

Researchers Reveal Booxtream’s Digital Watermark DRM

20 June, 2016 // 23 Comments

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 [Read More ...]

On DRM Being the Only Way to Guarantee Revenue, and Other Nonsense

8 June, 2016 // 5 Comments

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 lend ebooks without DRM, nor [Read More ...]

To Hell With Fair Use: IBM Patents a Printer Which Doesn’t Belong to Its Buyer

19 May, 2016 // 13 Comments

DRM has long enabled a file's creator to limit how it is used. We've seen this most often in PDFs, but also office docs and even ebooks, where for example Adobe has a print/readaloud tag in Epub [Read More ...]

New Pernicious Adobe Epub DRM Found in the Wild

17 May, 2016 // 5 Comments

In early 2014 Adobe announced a new type of ebook DRM which had the dual properties of being unbreakable as well as incompatible with existing ebook readers and apps. After initially planning to [Read More ...]

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