[Infowarrior] - FairPlay DRM on Apple iPad books

[Richard Forno]

Apple to stick padlocks on books for iPad
FairPlay DRM will rise again
By John Oates • Get more from this author

Posted in Mobile, 16th February 2010 11:51 GMT

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/16/drm_ebooks/

Apple is dusting off FairPlay - the digital rights management used by  
iTunes - to protect electronic copies of books sold to iPad users.

FairPlay irritated some iTunes users and was dropped for most music  
content last year.

But when the iPad launches next month, along with the iBook store,  
copyrighted content will have some restrictions on its use, the LA  
Times reports.

Apple's move will be criticised by some, but might be seen as a way to  
get more publishers interested in the gadget. Music firms had equal  
fears about putting content on iTunes without protection.

The downside will likely be in the form of hiccups with the technology  
stopping people doing quite legal things with their content, and  
probable fury from the committed freetards opposed to any form of  
content management. ®