In article <ZO98n.14507$3W2.9050@newsfe14.iad>,
Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> wrote:

> At 27 Jan 2010 17:53:52 -0700 Michelle Steiner wrote:
>
> > Oh, by the way concerning your rant about eBooks: The iPad uses the
> > ePub format, which is a free, open, and non-proprietary format.
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB>
>
>
> I'll be interesting to see what Apple uses for DRM. If they use the
> existing Adobe ADEPT system, like Sony, then iPad users could take
> advantage of the wealth of public libraries who lend ePub books via the
> Overdive DRM system, which expire and become unreadable after the lending
> period is over.
>
> Of course, if iPad supports ADEPT, you'd also be able to purchase ePub
> content outside of iBooks/Tunes, so I don't quite picture that
> happening...

Well, you can already buy music from Amazon and other places and play it
on the iPod or iPhone, so it's not like there isn't precedent.

--
Tom "Tom" Harrington
Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002
http://www.atomicbird.com/