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Originally Posted by ficbot
So I am curious, if every device one owns will read epub because it is the new standard, what is the incentive to 'liberate' it?
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I read on four devices: work computer, home computer, home laptop, PRS-505. I can't install the software on the work computer, but I can read (non-DRM'd) ebooks from my flash drive.
The kids have a separate computer, which can't be validated; it's not connected online at all. I shouldn't have to connect it to the internet, with all the risks that entails, in order to get them access to ebooks.
And that's aside from the issue of permanence--Adobe is currently dropping one of their old forms of DRM, and there's no reason to believe the current one is going to last more than a few years. Amazon has dropped DRM support of ebooks in the past. So have several other ebook sellers. (Gemstar comes to mind.)
There is *always* a reason to liberate ebooks from DRM--it's the only way to be sure you continue to have access to the content you paid for.