Apple to Implement Fairplay DRM for iBookstore?

Apple will implement FairPlay DRM into its iBookstore for the iPad when it launches next month, according to an LA Times report.

Veteran iTunes customers will recognize the locks as FairPlay, a digital rights management software that once limited how many times digital songs can be copied onto different computers. (Apple phased out FairPlay for music a year ago, and now sells unfettered tunes.)

Next month, Apple will be dusting off those digital cuffs for books, according to sources in the publishing industry.


It seems that publishers will be given the option to deploy FairPlay. Some publishers, including O'Reilly Media have argued that digital locks are harmful to sales but a majority of publishers are expected to embrace FairPlay, along with other copy protection software such as Adobe's Content Server 4.

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