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Old 12-02-2009, 11:47 AM   #16
WT Sharpe
Bah, humbug!
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... Also we are in a format war and today's purchase might not work with tomorrows technology. While many on this board are tech savvy enough to strip DRM and convert, more folks do not ...

Actually the complete sentence is. emphasis is mine.
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But Ms. Broughton says she can't recommend the Kindle to people who aren't technically savvy and might want to purchase their books anywhere other than the Amazon store. That's because the Kindle doesn't read copyright protected files from other bookstores or libraries
Which is a subtle statement that implies the stripping of DRM.
I ignored the rest of that quote because in my haste to post I didn't stop to consider the DRM issue. It was rash on my part to do so. I stand humbled and corrected.
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