There's a new(ish) DRM scheme in town! LCP is Readium's "Licensed Content Protection". At the risk of sounding like an utter corporate stooge, I think it is a relatively inoffensive and technically interesting DRM scheme. Primarily because, once you've downloaded your DRM-infected book, you don't need to rely on an online server to unlock it. How does it work? When you buy a book, your vendor sends you a .lcpl file. This is a plain JSON file which contains some licencing information and a…
Better than the DRM mostly used by publishers. If we can’t get rid of DRM, at least this is better than the proprietary ones.
Pretty much my takeaway too. Too bad the organization behind it seem really rude and arrogant.