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Originally Posted by kennyc
Not true that you can't use it. See my example. Sure in some cases you might not be able to, but usability is not the point. AGAIN. The Claim that start this stupid arguing was that DRM prevented you from making a backup which is simply not true.
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Yeah, there's really 2 issues here.
1. Can you make a back up?
2. If you device the DRM'd file is tied to breaks, can you put the back up copy on a new device and use it?
The answer to the first is as resounding yes.
The answer to the second is--it depends. Usually you can as long as you replace the broken device with the same device (replace a Kindle with a new Kindle for example) as the DRM is tied to your account which will be moved to the new device. But even then there may be issues depending how many Kindles/Kindle Apps you've downloaded the book to.
If companies would just have a process for easily switching DRM to new machines of the same type on the same account it wouldn't be nearly as big a deal.
Then the problem is that you're locked into that companies devices if you want to keep reading DRMed books without stripping the DRM.