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Old 02-21-2010, 03:45 AM   #61
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
A backup is no good if it can't be read. With DRM, if the device the ebook is authorised for breaks, and the authorisation server is no more, no amount of backups will do you any good.

Two instances recently spring to mind:
  • Overdrive dropping Fictionwise
  • Adobe dropping support of older DRM servers
That's a different issue, Paul, from "not being able to make backups". You're talking about being able to read the book on a device other than the one you bought it for. With the greatest respect, that has absolutely nothing to do with being able (or unable) to backup the original file. That is a simple archiving process.
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