Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/16/drm_ebooks/
Apple to stick padlocks on books for iPad
FairPlay DRM will rise again
Posted in Mobile, 16th February 2010 11:51 GMT
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Apple is dusting off FairPlay - the digital rights management used by iTunes - to protect electronic copies of books sold to iPad users.
FairPlay irritated some iTunes users and was dropped for most music content last year.
But when the iPad launches next month, along with the iBook store, copyrighted content will have some restrictions on its use, the LA Times [1] reports.
Apple's move will be criticised by some, but might be seen as a way to get more publishers interested in the gadget. Music firms had equal fears about putting content on iTunes without protection.
The downside will likely be in the form of hiccups with the technology stopping people doing quite legal things with their content, and probable fury from the committed freetards opposed to any form of content management. ®