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Old 03-26-2008, 10:41 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce View Post
What is the point? I didn't understand it. I'm suggesting a system where the books are encrypted and you use a reader program to decrypt and read them. He seems to be objecting to the idea of having to use a software program to read the books. I don't know what you'd use if you didn't use a software program, thus my comparison to email and email software.
The reader program will not work on all platforms and when the company doing the reader program dissappear then it will definitely not work on new platforms. So exactly the disadvantages we have now with DRM.
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