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Originally Posted by Abisha
Let's just gnaw on the fact that unless our computers out live us, inevitably we the consumer will once again be defrauded by big business, and the literature and/or audio books that you worked so hard to pay for - and legitimately purchased will be stolen out from under you when you can no longer access the content.
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First off, if you paid money for a DRM-contaminated eBook, you didn't "legitimately purchase" a book. You paid for a license - a very limited license - to read the eBook for a limited time on a limited number of devices (plus, I'm sure, more than a few more limitations).
They have the legal right to prevent you from accessing the eBook in the future - because that's what the license said they could do.
The only fraud is when they told you in big letters that are "buying" an eBook, only to tell you in the fine print (which you and most other people don't bother to read) that you really didn't buy an eBook - you bought a limited license.
TallMomof2: you committed a crime stripping the DRM off because you violated the license you agreed to.
If you want this to stop, then stop paying money for eBook licenses. Stop paying them to defraud you. When their bottom line hurts because of their fraudulent practices, they will change.