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Originally Posted by bwaldron
Well, that's the key. I'm not using the computer I was in the early 80's, but I do have text files that I created back then.
I don't expect to be using the same devices years from now, but I do expect to be able to read any eBooks I have "purchased." Which is why I won't buy any books with DRM that I can't remove.
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Still doesn't seem like a really legitimate concern. You still use a text viewer / editor to read .txt files (no matter the OS) all you are concerned about is having an appropriate program to read the files you have.
Unless you do something horrible to your reader, you will always have a device that will read your DRM materials. Just load them onto your 30 year old reader and have at it.
Now being upset that a company doesn't have it in their best interests to have you be able to read a file bought from it on some machine 30 years from now just seems a little.. silly .. to me.
You have the means today, and in 30 years from now (if the product is still running) you have the means then. Text files may have survived the 30 year transition, but there are a myriad of other files that did not.
Would you be this upset if you bought a PC and software and then upgraded to a Mac to find you can't transfer the programs that you paid for?