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Old 04-20-2025, 07:28 AM   #967
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Originally Posted by Sirtel View Post
As I already said, it's not possible to actually enforce it with a DRM-free file, once you've downloaded it. Assuming you've backed it up, no one can take it away from you. Whereas with a DRMed file, if the DRM server was shut down, your file would no longer be readable.
Psst, the DRM'd file may not be readable, but you may be able to strip the DRM.

And there is "social" DRM.

For the the short term there is airplane mode on most readers, so no server contact (hopefully)? In the long term, if you need a new ereader you may be in trouble.

And if you stick with a "popular" reader, the pattern seems to be that the DRM will eventually be cracked.

And I recall people saying they copy the Adobe folder structure from reader to reader (so don't need to contact a server once a book was downloaded)?
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