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Old 08-05-2010, 07:00 PM   #33
mikij
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Quebec, Canada
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I hate georestriction

I really hate this thing. So, eBook are like DVDs - zone 1, zone 2... They are stupid at that point that they even don't understand they are stupid.

Another day I wanted to buy some Umberto Eco's books on Amazon in order to strip DRM and transfer to my Sony (as I already did with some other books I really wanted). And guess what? "Only to a valid US address". Gosh, I am in Canada, 50 miles form the US border, and I cannot download these books.

Not only I have to strip DRMs because none of the formats my reader supports is available but I have also to cheat using some other address, just to obtain an eBook I want. Too much for me.

Too bad for them, they lost money, I saved it. But I miss the books.
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