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E-Book Copy Protection, For What It's Worth

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the xerography dept.

AudioBooksForFree.Com writes "WHSmith have challenged AudioBooksForFree.Com to breaks Microsoft Reader e-book protection. It just took 30 minutes." No, they didn't break the encryption; instead, this is just an application of the idea that it's very hard to make something which can be displayed but not copied.

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  1. Woo audiobooks, wth is Online Reporter by JasonUCF · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So go go audio books, yay books want to be free, or some such.

    But what the heck is the deal with that "news" site? Is the online reporter trying to be a cheap text newspaper? Soundbites of articles and to get the full thing you have to *call a phone number*? Wooooooooah...

  2. Re:how do you copy protect media...... by JoeBlows · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    you are the moron...the only part the unencodes the data would be the display device, not the computer...all the computer knows is that it is sending a pack of encrypted data to the monoitor or to the speakers or to the printer or

    the output device is what decrypts, not the computer.

    you lose, your a big moron, have a nice life.

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  3. You're paying extra for it by mgkimsal2 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Under OSX, the print-to-PDF feature is built in. You don't have to pay extra for it.

    Cheapest prices I can find:

    Apple OSX - $799
    http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObj ects/A ppleStore.woa/231/wo/1JCIT0eLnEF7XH1PZK/0.3.0.3.27 .39.3.3.1.1.0?222,40

    Windows PC - $399
    http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?c at=395 1&lr=A&dept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3951

    I'd say you're paying extra for it.

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