Thread: Speaking of DRM
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Old 06-22-2011, 08:47 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by ApK View Post
Some people feel that DRM does no good at all and only serves to hinder their legitimate use of the material and trod on their rights. It's adds costs and complexity, and protects no one from anything, since anyone inclined to share or pirate can do so with trivial effort, DRM or no.

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That's about where I am on the issue. The stuff is invisible since it is data that hides in the file, but what if I want to save my books to CD so I have a backup copy of my own? With DRM I'd think it would be a lot harder to have a usable file in the future if something happened to my Kindle. I'd be right back where I started from probably. Having to redownload books so I could read them. Plus if for some reason Amazon pulls a book (like with 1984) what is a person to do? Having my own backup copy on disk makes it more secure for my own use in that way I think. And with things like Mobipocket not working on Kindle due to DRM even though both are owned by Amazon I find it a great inconvenience.
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