Thursday, June 20, 2013

New E-Book DRM Technology SiDiM Is Kind of Terrifying

New E-Book DRM Technology SiDiM Is Kind of Terrifying

By Emily Temple on

As e-books become more prevalent, it stands to reason that the issue of e-book pirating would become more prevalent as well. To that end, researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute are working on a new ebook DRM (digital rights management) system called SiDiM, which would change specific words in given texts in order to link the pirated files to their original owners. Obviously, neither authors nor readers are particularly pleased with this development. … Read More

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