View Single Post
Old 09-18-2009, 08:19 AM   #296
tompe
Grand Sorcerer
tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 7,452
Karma: 7185064
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Linköpng, Sweden
Device: Kindle Voyage, Nexus 5, Kindle PW
Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowman View Post
I find it very sharp practise at the least. While I realize that the restrictions are mandated by the publisher, to remove access to books already purchased, validly, before the restrictions went into force is wrong.

It is very nearly as bad as Amazon's recent fiasco, except in these cases the ebook is on the FW servers, not a personal device.

My bookshelf has lost access to about 8% of my purchases, worth at current prices very nearly $300.
If you buy a DRM:ed book you have no guarantees that you can re-download it to a new reader at a later time point. So the problem is really people supporting DRM by buting DRM:ed books. Hopefully these ind of event when people lose access to old book will make them stop buying them.
tompe is offline   Reply With Quote