There's a new(ish) DRM scheme in town! LCP is Readium's "Licensed Content Protection". At the risk of sounding like an utter corporate stooge, I think it is a relatively inoffensive and technically interesting DRM scheme. Primarily because, once you've downloaded your DRM-infected book, you don't need to rely on an online server to unlock it. How does it work? When you buy a book, your vendor…
  • asudox@lemmy.asudox.devEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Better than the DRM mostly used by publishers. If we can’t get rid of DRM, at least this is better than the proprietary ones.

    • Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPMEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Pretty much my takeaway too. Too bad the organization behind it seem really rude and arrogant.