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Hellmark · 02-05-2011, 01:18 AM

What I simply don't understand is the expiration dates on the etextbooks. Yeah, pay nearly as much, be unable to sell it to others, be unable to print pages for copies (or at least severely restricted), and be unable to use it after 6 months. I SOOOO want to do that. Seriously, they want the DRM to kill the secondary market, but at the same time they make the DRM so restrictive that people won't want to do it.

With my Chinese etextbook, it was the first one I saw that allowed printing, but I was only allowed to print 20 pages every 30 days. It kinda sucked for the character practice sections.

02-05-2011, 01:18 AM	#28
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,592 Karma: 4290425 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Foristell, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3, Kobo Libra 2	What I simply don't understand is the expiration dates on the etextbooks. Yeah, pay nearly as much, be unable to sell it to others, be unable to print pages for copies (or at least severely restricted), and be unable to use it after 6 months. I SOOOO want to do that. Seriously, they want the DRM to kill the secondary market, but at the same time they make the DRM so restrictive that people won't want to do it. With my Chinese etextbook, it was the first one I saw that allowed printing, but I was only allowed to print 20 pages every 30 days. It kinda sucked for the character practice sections.