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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
Not really. Who said that? If there is no way to read the book, or it was falsely advertised to work on the device of your choice demand a refund. Your credit card company can probably get you one. Perhaps even give a few examples of the one(s) you have paid for and haven't been able to read and we will all write the seller.
Helen
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I'll give you an example of where DRM would have gotten in the way had I not been able to strip the DRM.
There used to be an online shop called Paperback Digital that sold mostly Mobipocket format eBooks. They did give some pretty good coupon codes which made the prices quite cheap. I did buy some eBooks from them. I was using a different computer then to what I am using now.
They have gone out of business so there is no way to update the DRM. I have upgraded my computer since I bought these eBooks and the Mobipocket PID has also changed for Mobipocket Reader (for Windows).
So, given that I can no longer change the PID nor do I have the old system I used, the DRM would prevent me from ever being able to read them on my current computer.
DRM would be the reason why. So without being able to strip the DRM, I would have lost access to these eBooks and the only way to get them back would be to go buy them again.