03-30-2012, 10:20 AM | #61 | |
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Hey guys, I haven't yet bought my Potter books. Many of you have good points, but that spirited debate will have to wait. I just read this in the FAQ at the Pottermore Shop
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If it means that then I hate to say it, all the arguments are irrelevant to me. Because Pottermore essentially made it so you can buy the book once and have it on any device. I plan on porting it to Nook, porting it to Kindle, AND downloading the non-DRM watermarked files for the future. |
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Last I heard, Canada was in the process of creating legislation to ensure that that kind DRM stripping was explicitly legal and protected. What has changed?
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So I bought the UK books with a UK credit card on Pottermore, but had no problems linking them to a US-based Amazon account. |
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I bought the UK books as a gift for myself with a US credit card and linked them to my US based account.
Kindle Account = 1 download There are folks at Kindle Boards who have the Harry Potter books in their Amazon accounts and on 12 devices (they intentionally put it on every Kindle and Kindle based App that their family owns in order to test the number of licenses). Amazon allowed it on all of their Kindle devices and Apps and it still only shows at Pottermore as 1 download. So download does not equal license. |
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Most Kindle books are limited to 6 licenses, Harry Potter seems to be unlimited.
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To clarify, there's no limit on the number of times you can download it, just on the number of different devices it can be loaded on simultaneously.
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I agree. However, since the term itself is pretty much unenforceable, I don't really care whether they update it or not. I just hope they do as it clearly doesn't say what they apparently meant it to say and comes across as a rather daft term.
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I just bought the UK version of PS myself, from right here in Texas, by 'gifting' to a disposable sub-account of my regular email addy and sending the link there. I love the book and had no problems downloading. Already sent it through Calibre to shift for my Kindle and have the ePub for my kids' Sonys.
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