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Old 09-14-2025, 05:11 AM   #897
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
I was not expecting Microsoft to suddenly shut down the DRM servers for their .LIT ebooks. And yet it happened. The other firm that bit me with their DRM shutdown was smaller so less of a shock. I was happy that ConvertLIT meant I was able to remove the DRM from my .LIT books before the shutdown. The other company was less of an issue since by then I was removing DRM to ensure I could access my ebooks as a matter of course.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
And don't forget when Amazon sold eBooks before the Kindle. When Amazon stopped selling eBooks, nobody cou;d update them to get a fresh DRM when they changed the system drive and/or the computer.

DRM tied to your computer's hardware is a really bad idea. Especially back then when things were changing.
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