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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Speaking as a proud apprentice here...
DRM implies that the distributor will be there for as long as they insert themselves between me and what I have purchased from them.
When I buy a pbook, I have full control over the book, and can continue to possess it for as long as I can continue to preserve its form. When I buy an ebook, I am dependent on the vendor giving me permission each time I want to read. But we all know this already.
My point is: since the vendor has sold me the book, but expects me to go to his "house" to read it, (and, weirdly, I agreed to this ridiculous deal,) the vendor has an obligation to let me in so I can read my book -- whenever I damn well want! This obligation doesn't go away just because the vendor feels like withdrawing from the market.
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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but with Adobe DRM (which Sony use), you don't have to re-download the book every time you want to transfer it to a different device. Once it's in the ADE library on your PC, you can copy it to any ADE device that's registered to your account.