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Originally Posted by jbcohen
There is an old saying in the computer security community - to every attempt to secure information there is always a way around the security improvements. No mater how hard publishers attempt to secure the books they sell there will always be someone who will find a way around those safeguards. Its a loosing battle that publishers seem to be intent on fighting and has been waged for as long as PCs were invented in the early 80s.
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I recently ran into this: I purchased a book that was a locked down PDF
and it would only run under windows, I called the company trying to get
the unlock code so I could put it on my kindle (They would not provide it).
The support guy was a real piece of work, He said to me:
"Why don't you Return it and download a Pirated copy"
I explained to him that that is not how I do things, and said goodbye.
(In hindsight I should have gotten his name and wrote the company a letter)