What is Meant by DRM-Free Audio Books?
DRM is an acronym meaning Digital Rights Management. It is a catch term for methods by content producers that prevent digital media like audio books, digital music and movie DVDs from being illegally accessed or copied.
In theory, this is to protect the integrity, quality and revenue generation ability of the content. For example, CDs or DVDs offered cheaply at flea markets are typically lower quality than authorized versions of the same product. In addition, products sold this way skirt the royalties of the original artists and production companies.
How Does DRM-Free Media Affect Audio Books ?DRM-Free is media such as audio books that is authorized, high quality, and allows copying by the purchaser. Of course, the copy permission extends to the buyer being able to copy an audio book for his private use. Reasons for copying may be to have the work on a different listening device or as a backup in case of damage or loss.
For example, some buyers of MP3 format audio books may want to copy an audio book to CD format as that is the format supported by the CD player in their cars. DRM-Free in no way allows the purchaser to copy the audiobook for the purpose of gifting, sharing or reselling the audio book.
The Bottom LineThe bottom line is that eMusic Audio Books are provided to you in DRM-Free format!
