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Originally Posted by larisa0001
As an (almost) lawyer, I am actually really hoping that someone brings a suit like that - this is the only way the DMCA can get thrown out. [...] The Kindle is just a problem waiting to happen.
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Why wait for Kindle? Amazon may already be in the process of creating a precedent.
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http://www.publishersweekly.com/arti...rid=1192404514
Amazon To Drop Microsoft, Adobe e-Book Formats
By Calvin Reid -- Publishers Weekly, 1/26/2009 7:08:00 AM
Amazon.com has notified its publisher and author clients that it plans to cease offering e-books in the Microsoft Reader and Adobe e-book formats. [...Kindle/mobi only...]
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Consider your options after you buy an Adobe DRM'ed (I assume they have DRM) book from Amazon this year, wait until the support is gone, and now buy a new computer...If it was "PID"-locked like Kindle, you're "legal" "copy" is worth less and you paid for it. I think the challenge you face is that you only purchased a limited "license" to the copy. The license "expired". too bad.