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Old 10-16-2008, 01:51 PM   #48
bill_mchale
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
But, I can still backup my full library to my PC and I can still use them on my Kindle. Nothing changes that. Even if Amazon went away. There is no need for the Kindle to phone home to read the books.

BOb
Bob,
Lets not forget the specific thread we are in; what if your Kindle was lost or damaged? If Amazon no longer supports the Kindle, you won't be able to get a new one or even a used one to work with your DRM'd kindle files. Sure, I am sure it would not be hard to break Kindle DRM, since it is similar to Mobi, but then you would be a criminal according to DMCA.

No DRM, then it is a simple matter of burning the books to a backup media, and if the format they are in is no longer supported, you can probably find a way to convert them to a new format.

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