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Originally Posted by HarryT
I certainly do believe that "cracking" DRM mechanisms is in nobody's interest. It can only confirm the views of those who believe that DRM is vital to protect themselves against the actions of criminal elements.
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I've never purchased any ebooks in MobiPocket format before. But I have purcahsed some now that I can break the DRM. I don't give them away just because I can break the DRM. I have to disagree that breaking the DRM makes us criminals. It makes us able to protect the content we've paid good money for. Take Amazon.com for example. Let's say you've purchased an ebook in MobiPocket format from Amazon.com over one year ago.. Say that you now want to read that ebook on your iLiad. You cannot. Amazon doesn't keep the book past one year. Now if you purchased that ebook to read on your PDA and now you no longer have that PDA, you are well and truly screwed. The only option you have is to repurchase the SAME THING again in order to read it on your iLiad. It's the SAME FORMAT. So you should be able to read it on your iLiad, but nope, DRM gets in the way and screws you over. Do you now think DRM is a good idea. You don't and now you wish you could have broken the DRM. All I can say is DRM can cause consumer a hassle and cost us money too.
Breaking DRM makes my money go further and my life easier. How is that a bad thing?