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rkomar · 02-10-2013, 05:10 PM

These short device life-spans will play a role in how long some purchased books stay readable without DRM-breaking. When a publisher goes out of business and stops paying Adobe (or whoever) to keep updating keys for new devices, then those DRM-encrypted books will only last as long as the reader they're on.

I've always felt that DRM was another planned obsolescence scheme. Short-lived devices make it even more obnoxious.

02-10-2013, 05:10 PM	#42
rkomar Wizard Posts: 2,986 Karma: 18343081 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	These short device life-spans will play a role in how long some purchased books stay readable without DRM-breaking. When a publisher goes out of business and stops paying Adobe (or whoever) to keep updating keys for new devices, then those DRM-encrypted books will only last as long as the reader they're on. I've always felt that DRM was another planned obsolescence scheme. Short-lived devices make it even more obnoxious.