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I've been in computers longer.  I am not using a "limited" definition, but standard usage. Backup means being able to make a copy that is all. |
And that's not the standard usage that I've encountered. When we worry about back-up, we worry about restore. Your experience seems to have been different, but it doesn't make it standard usage.
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You and others are adding additional requirements to the concept.
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You and others are limiting it to a ridiculous degree - like saying that you are allowed to post a letter if you're allowed to put it in the box - whether it gets there is irrelevant.
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Additionally we are not talking about computer backups, videos, or your dna.
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We're talking about backing up ebooks, which are on computers.
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It's really quite simple. Quit trying to make it more complex and quit just friggin arguing. What is it about some people that brings this out? Sheesh!
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Pot? Kettle?
I agree it's simple, but I simply think that the idea of back-up as exclusively the ability to copy 1s and 0s is bizarre. Do you have any customers who would be happy for you to tell them that you'd "sorted out the back-ups" without having actually sorted out the ability to restore? It's a farce.
The whole point of back-ups is to have a copy that can be restored at need.
And the point on this thread was that DRM interferes with that, which it does.