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Originally Posted by pdurrant
With DRMed ebooks you're at the mercy of the person controlling the DRM servers. If they go out of business*, or decide to close your account*, or stop doing business with your retailer*, or shut down their DRM servers*, you're stuck. When your current ebook readers die, you'll lose access to your ebooks.
That's why I won't buy DRMed ebooks unless the DRM can be removed.
*I can provide examples of all these things having happened already, if you insist.
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Agreed and why I've un-DRM'd my purchased ebooks to allow me to do what I want. But once that's done, couldn't you print, read aloud, and otherwise do whatever you want with the ebook? (rhetorical).
And for those folks not willing to un-DRM their books, aren't the restrictions very similar to owning the physical ebook which was my original question?
These questions are largely rhetorical as it doesn't affect me directly but just trying to understand if there are other issues that I'm just not aware of.