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Originally Posted by DNSB
A reasonable expectation? Now there's a phrase laden with certainty. Can you quote any legal decisions as to what would constitute "a reasonable expectation" when it comes to ebook availability?
I'm pretty certain that those who purchased Microsoft .lit format ebooks are getting a chuckle out of your statements. Heck, those who purchased books from any of the ebook stores that are no longer in existence will join in the laughter.
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Actually, anyone who purchased eBooks from Amazon before the Kindle existed can no longer access any of those eBooks. If they are unable to strip the DRM, then all of those eBook might be unreadable. LIT with DRM are no longer able to be read. Mobipocket eBooks were tied to your computer's main hard drive. So if you changed the system drive or got a new computer, none of those are readable. PDF (I forget how the DRM worked back then) may possibly not be readable. Then there are the stores that went out of business. If you didn't download any of the eBooks you bought, then they were gone.
Sometimes eBooks come and go. And if they go, you lose access.