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Originally Posted by Nexutix
http://consumerist.com/2011/11/amazo...es-shrugs.html
Centralization of your purchases on Amazon servers has its own disadvantages. In a battle to prevent piracy, Amazon has made centrifugation to a point of threshold, where if servers crack down in a calamity or your account becomes "locked"/"on hold" somehow, you lose access to all purchases.
There should be some way to solve this issue. For example, unsigned inaccessible copies of your books should be made available for download and personal storage. Kindle for PC can be made to authorize your account once and it can sign copies of books for your Kindle based on unique code for your device. (Similar to: iTunes signs firmware before installing it on iDevices)
What are your alternatives to this? How do you manage your digital library in crisis-free state?
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Years ago, Amazon changed to mobi for Ebooks, and several PDF books I had purchased eventually died when they decided to turn off that DRM server. I swore then that I would strip DRM and keep my own backup. It's illegal, but I feel I am morally right. Screw them.....