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Old 03-05-2009, 09:15 PM   #176
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Originally Posted by bill_mchale View Post
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't Adobe DRM tied to the device you purchase a book on? Granted it can be removed, but frankly some of us would prefer not to circumvent DRM (we are not crazy about getting in trouble by breaking those pesky laws that prevent it). I generally avoid DRM, but if I had to buy a book with DRM on it, I would prefer to do it in with ereader's DRM than with Adobe's.

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But if there are multiple viruses infecting ePub, that may be all that's needed for publishers to just say ePub is too much of a hassle and ignore it and not bother and we the consumer get screwed. We do not need another DRM virus to cock up the works and get ePub not to be adopted.
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