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Originally Posted by ottischwenk
This statement is also wrong - the servers are only needed initially, then no longer.
You are also responsible for the condition of your device with which you view the file.
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The servers are required to authorize the computer to allow these eBooks to be read. A lot of the old DRM pre-ADE was tied to your computer's hard drive. If you changed your system hard drive or the computer, the DRM would need to be authorized again. If the servers are no longer running, you cannot authorize again and redownload to update the DRM.
Basically, if I was unable to remove the DRM from the eBooks I have bought, I would have lost a lot of eBooks I paid good money for.
Is Amazon doing something illegal with KFX when the publisher requests that their eBooks be sold with no DRM yet Amazon adds DRM to these eBooks in KFX? Can these publishers opt out of KFX? Did they even opt in to KFX?