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Originally Posted by Luffy
Has anyone been bitten by DRM? Under exactly what circumstances does the DRM manifest itself?
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I first noticed (and was annoyed by) DRM when, soon after receiving my first NOOK, I loaded all my ebooks into calibre, futzed with their metadata, and then learned Calibre can catalog but can open neither DRM'd NOOK books nor DRM'd NOOK Study content.
More of a PITA are CourseSmart's DRM policies:
- One may read only one instance of a CourseSmart book at a time, whether online or offline. [This precludes one from reviewing, comparing, or contrasting material that appears on multiple pages, such as a chart/table/diagram/process/note/citation that's printed on one page and discussed on another.]
- Content that's been checked out (i.e., downloaded to a device to be read offline) must be first be checked in - from the device it's checked out on - before it can be checked out on another device. [It's beyond me why checking out content on a second device doesn't automatically check it in on the first. At best, requiring two separate steps is inefficient, not to mention it imposes a burden to remember which device one last read the book on. At worst, if one's first device is not present or has a dead battery (common reasons for switching devices), then one faces a frustrating, time-sucking stumbling block, requiring one to either wait until the first device is present or powered up in order to proceed, or obtain assistance from Customer Support (which sometimes requires waiting in queue).]