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Originally Posted by rkomar
If the key is obtained over the net in a secure manner each time the book is opened, then it gets harder for the user to get their hands on it. It also makes the key book-specific and possibly random (rather than having the same, guessable key for the entire library).
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Didn't Microsoft basically hamstring their new XBox by announcing such a scheme for game playing? They soon backed down on that plan. I'm guessing much the same will happen when/if eBook publishers try to use such a scheme on eReaders. The whole point of an eReader is portability of your library. There are still wide open spaces where there is no Internet connection. Can you imagine how happy an eBook customer would be if he couldn't read any of the thousand books on his eReader during a camping trip?