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Old 06-08-2010, 12:08 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by Lawcheehung View Post
Ah, ok thanks for the reply!
So basically, say 10-20 years from now if Kindle "ceases to exist", you will still have these books to read instead of a lot of useless files.
I'd say 5-10 years for Amazon ceasing to support new downloads of Kindle format files as most likely myself.

The other reason for removing DRM is to make life a lot more convenient /now/. By removing the DRM, I can have one file to take care of and make backups of, that can be read on any Kindle, Mac or Windows machine, without having to re-download for the specific machine I want to read it on. I can also read it on my phone.

If you only ever read on your Kindle, and you only buy from the Kindle store, and you don't use Kindle for Mac or Kindle for Windows, then the DRM probably doesn't affect you right now. But if any of those things changes, DRM will bite you on the bum.
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