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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
It can still be easy to back up if DRM is tied to an account rather than device. Like iTunes music back in the day. You could copy your files and put them on up to five iPods/computers tied to your account, and could deregister a device you no longer used etc. to free up another machine.
Not as easy as DRM free of course, but it wasn't a huge hassle to get your backed up songs onto a new machine tied to your iTunes account etc.
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That's true in theory, but in practice, if I want to access a book that I haven't looked at for 10 years, it's no problem, but if I want to use the IT that I was using 10 years ago, it is a problem. Even if the data was in an unusual format, if there is no DRM it is typically easy to find a tool to sort it out. If there is DRM (or other security), it is often not worth the hassle.