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Originally Posted by conan50
Yes, I do realize it has happened in the past, but not on as large of a scale as if B&N disappeared, which seems more than likely, or Amazon disappeared, which seems less likely, but anything is possible.
DRM could be dropped tomorrow, and if publishers had half of a brain and wished to stop being Amazon's slave they would drop DRM. Users are getting locked into devices and one or two stores and it is going to bite everyone eventually IMO.
Pottermore is using a non-DRM, common sense solution that would stop piracy and yet gives readers the ability to actually own their books and use the ebooks wherever they want--on any Epub capable device.
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Pottermore allows you to own your own books how?
Direct from Pottermore.com
http://shop.pottermore.com/en_US/abo...ons?c=USD#tc12
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12.1 When you buy a downloadable book from us, what you are buying is the right to use that book in the way we explain below for your own personal, non-commercial use only:
§ You may download one (1) copy of each book you purchase for storage and use on your reading/listening system, which could be your computer, your tablet, your MP3 player, your mobile phone, your eBook reader or any other compatible electronic device, or any compatible reading/listening service linked with the Pottermore Shop ("System"). You may also download up to seven (7) further copies of the book for storage and use in the same ways but this is subject to the continued availability of the book via the Pottermore Shop.
§ If you are a parent or guardian who has made the purchase on behalf of your child/children under 18 years of age, you may share such download(s) with your child/children under 18 years of age.
§ If you have used the gift facilities at the Pottermore Shop to purchase the book as a gift for a friend, your friend will be entitled to download and use the book in the way described above.
12.3 You may not and may not permit others to do any of the following things in relation to any book or extract:
§ sell, distribute, loan, share, give or lend the book or extract to any other person including to your friends (except in the limited circumstances explained at 12.1 above);
§ communicate to the public, publicly perform, transmit, broadcast or use the book or extract for any promotional purposes;
§ translate, modify, adapt or create any derivative works of the book or extract;
§ print-on-demand or copy or burn the book or extract to a device whose principal function is to act as a storage device, for example, a CD/DVD or USB stick;
§ remove or in any way amend or tamper with any copyright or trade mark notice or other identifier contained in the book or extract;
§ interfere with, remove, alter or circumvent or attempt any of the actions listed in this paragraph above in respect of any of the security measures and technology (including, without limitation, rights or identification management and copyright protection technology) used in connection with the book or extract or take any other action that may infringe any rights of the copyright owners of the book or extract;
§ make any use of the book or extract in any form, by any manner or for any purpose (whether commercial or non-commercial) except as expressly set out in paragraph 12.1 above.
12.4 Please be aware that if you use any of the books or extracts in a way other than is specifically permitted under these Terms, you may be infringing copyright or other rights and therefore may be exposed to civil and/or criminal legal action.
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What is the major difference other than you can possibly bypass the DRM more easily?
You can't sell it, lend it or give it away legally.
Helen