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Originally Posted by darryl
@fjtorres. It's a terrible concept. Unfortunately it can properly be described as a zombie concept, because despite repeated failures it just won't stay dead. Inevitably after a gap of varying length someone else thinks they can make it work.
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It has its uses: a corporate document management system, for one. A commercial data repository, a la Lexis/Nexis. Even a public library. Scribd subscriptions don't get too much griping.
But for consumer *retail* applications? No. Consumers understand that if they buy something, it needs to be transposable. For all the hassles they bring, both Kindle and ADEPT DRM at least are transportable. It's the absolute minimum requirement.
Full backup capability, ala DRM-FREE, of course being the gold standard. eReader was good that way. Watermark DRM, ditto. If you can back it up and don't, that's on you.
