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recycledelectron[/B];643116]One thing nobody has considered: EMP (I know this is almost off topic, but it adds to the evils of our ebooks.) A few EMP bombs, as described in "One Second After" by William Forstchen could wipe out all the ebooks in the USA. It would be difficult to rebuild after an attack that took out all our books.
With DRM servers, it would only require hacking a dozen server systems world wide to crash most ebooks. Amazon, B&N, Sony, etc. A cyber-attack could render most books in the [W]estern world unradable. Am I the only one who was screwed when Lotus declared bankruptcy, and shut down their servers so nobody could reinstall 1-2-3?
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Andy, this is a good point, too. Even though offtopic a bit. Yes, in the future, if climate change does us in, and billions must move north to live in "polar cities" in northern areas of the world, to find food and refuge as climate refugees in say year 2500 or so, maybe sooner, and the entire power grid goes down, what then? Indeed, what then? A few paper books might be worth preserving: the Bible, maybe, and a few other volumes of biology and philosophy and medical advice. Yes?
You raised an alarmist yet very important and REAL point. And what about hacker attacks from enemy countries? China could wipe out every Ebook on the North American continent in seconds if they decided to. ouch!