The security "hole" in the Audible.com system is the same one that the NLS system is trying to avoid. If you download an audible.com book and then burn it to disk, the process strips the encoding off of it. You can play the disk in any cd player, rip the disk back to your computer and store the book in a "clean" mp3 format, etc. It's a lot of steps to take to get around the copyright protections, but it can be done. This is why NLS wants the books to ONLY be accessible on a player of some sort. You download to your computer, but your key is on your device, so you can't actually play the book on the computer, but only on the device. For this reason, you have to have a working device to sign up and start downloading books. The key is coded to the type / brand of device you are using. --Christy http://caution-blind-driver.blogspot.com/ > -----Original Message----- > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 4:14 PM > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bookport] Audible vs. NLS > > Can anyone explain why and / or how Audible has managed to successfully > make audio-formatted books securely available securely to blind-users, > but that NLS has not been able? > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.33/1036 - Release Date: 9/28/2007 3:40 > PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.33/1036 - Release Date: 9/28/2007 3:40 PM