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James Gifford—NitroPress
James Gifford—NitroPress
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February 14, 2023
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Adobe DRM?

  • February 14, 2023
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In a couple of recent discussions of DRM for documents (e-books), references were made to Adobe DRM as an option. I did some searching and all I could come up with are some pages of exceptionally gassy, circular marketing-speak.

 

My understanding is that Adobe's DRM is tied to Adobe Editions/ADE and has limited portability — which is a problematic and deprecated platform.

 

If anyone can confirm or correct that, and/or point me to better technical and implementation information, I'd appreciate it.

 

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Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
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February 16, 2023

I think they all have limitations - from Amazon DMR, Apple, Adobe, all popular but have limitations of tying people to a platform. 

 

Would LCP (Lightweight Content Protection), and Readium LCP be an option?

James Gifford—NitroPress
James Gifford—NitroPressAuthor
Legend
February 16, 2023

Oh, I know all the limitations of doc DRM. I am just unaware of Adobe's version being a current and workable option; my grasp is that it's entirely a facet of the largely abandoned ADE platform. And if Adobe has a page that actually answers any questions, I couldn't find it. Just a circular loop of marketing gas.

 

Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
Bevi Chagnon - PubCom.com
Legend
February 17, 2023

Okay, that's (all) what I thought. My reason for asking, besides possibly filling in a hole in my understanding, was encountering yet another Great E-Publishing Guru going on and on about DRM options, a couple of which I knew to be obsolete, at least one that is not useful to anyone short of enterprise level... and Adobe's, which I was pretty sure was no longer (maybe never) a workable option.

 

These bloviating 'experts,' pouring garbage into the bitstream and aggressively misinforming novices and newcomers, just make steam shoot out of my ears. Thanks for the input on a fairly useless side inquiry.

 


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These bloviating 'experts,' pouring garbage into the bitstream and aggressively misinforming novices and newcomers, just make steam shoot out of my ears.

 

Ears?

You should hear what shoots out of my mouth! Hint: I'm half Italian.

 

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