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Originally Posted by Mivo
The core information is that at any point in the future, vendors like Kobobooks could suddenly switch to the new encryption format, which may or may not make it impossible to disinfect new purchases...
For me, it's not about panicking, but about getting really, really tired of this industry's focus on battling with the very people who hand them money...
As a customer, I'm increasingly tiring of swimming upstream.
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This.
At some point, pirating is just easier. Then, I can let others fuss about how to get the DRM off the files, get the online, and then I can download them and use them forever and everywhere... for FREE.
I don't like pirating, because the files are often of very low quality, being converted so often (or converted in retarded ways) that they've been mashed into an almost inrecognizable bunch of characters which takes a very long time to straighten out. It's not worth the time; I'd rather pay for a book that's good from the start (or needs very little tweaking).
The one requirement for me making me willing to pay for a book is that I can get it DRM-free either by downloading a book without DRM, or by stripping the DRM off. If that can't be done, I don't want it and I'll read something else.
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Originally Posted by Purple Lady
I agree - I have ADE 1.7 on my desktop and 2.x on my laptop. I never upgraded my desktop because all I use it for is to download before disinfecting. I wonder if these older versions will work if a bookstore starts using Content Server 5? If not I'll just go all Amazon.
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Akshavy says that Content Server 5 will be able to deliver a book using the old DRM scheme if using ADE 2.x. However, he also said that sellers can enforce the use of the new DRM-scheme if they want to; this will cause ADE 2.x to be unable to open (maybe even to download) the book. Basically, enforcing the new DRM scheme comes down to dropping support for ADE 2.x and all current and older readers.
For such a seller, you would need to upgrade to ADE 3.x, and have an e-reader or application that understands the new DRM.