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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Some eBook stores have gone out of business and the DRM used can never be updated. DRM has been known to be tied into the computer used. So if you replace the system hard drive or the computer, those eBooks can never be read again since the DRM says it's a different system and generates a new key.
So even if DRM seems harmless, it can be very harmful by not letting you have access to your legally purchased content.
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How likely is it that these defunct DRM schemes will be re-introduced? Not very for the same reason you're wary of them.
In any case I still consider DRM more of an annoyance - I didn't say harmless - than "oppressive". It's true that the annoyance could rise to the level where I'd rather not deal with it - in which case I'd stick with my very healthy TBR pile and go back to paper for any new books I just had to have. But I can't see that happening in the foreseeable future.