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February 15th, 2010, 22:20
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Well, it looks like anyone hoping that books on Apple's iBookstore (http://www.engadget.com/tag/ibookstore) would be as DRM-free as music is on iTunes may be in for a bit of disappointment, as the Los Angeles Times is now reporting that Apple will be making its own FairPlay digital rights management available to any book publishers that wish to use it. Of course, that shouldn't come as a huge surprise considering that Apple still uses FairPlay for movies and TV shows sold on iTunes -- not to mention apps -- and it even still technically supports it for music as well, although it's pretty safe to assume Apple won't be going back down that road anytime soon. For its part, Apple is unsurprisingly staying mum on the matter, but March is fast approaching, so we should know for sure soon enough.
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Well, it looks like anyone hoping that books on Apple's iBookstore (http://www.engadget.com/tag/ibookstore) would be as DRM-free as music is on iTunes may be in for a bit of disappointment, as the Los Angeles Times is now reporting that Apple will be making its own FairPlay digital rights management available to any book publishers that wish to use it. Of course, that shouldn't come as a huge surprise considering that Apple still uses FairPlay for movies and TV shows sold on iTunes -- not to mention apps -- and it even still technically supports it for music as well, although it's pretty safe to assume Apple won't be going back down that road anytime soon. For its part, Apple is unsurprisingly staying mum on the matter, but March is fast approaching, so we should know for sure soon enough.
Apple said to be using FairPlay DRM for iBookstore (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/apple-said-to-be-using-fairplay-drm-for-ibookstore/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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