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Old 02-28-2014, 02:50 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by meeera View Post
This is true until Adobe forces the new DRM, when there may well be a significant window of time before it's cracked. In that situation epub ereaders with up-to-date Adobe DRM will be able to read both those locked epubs and (unlocked) Kindle books, whereas those with Kindles won't be able to do the converse. That's what I took arturg to mean.
That assumes there will actually be epub readers with up-to-date Adobe DRM. Currently, there are none, and the Sony and Nook ereaders will probably never get the update.

Nor will half a dozen other ereaders that aren't as common....

At least with Amazon, it guaranteed, based on their track record, that every Kindle they ever made will be able to download your books at any time, until the device itself breaks.

But chances are the DRM will be cracked pretty fast. Alf's apprentices are pretty good about getting out those timely updates. The speed of elf is considerable.
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