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Old 06-08-2010, 02:53 PM   #43
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Originally Posted by Lawcheehung View Post
Sorry new here...but what exactly is the purpose of de-DRMing the books in the first place? For the purpose of free use on other e-readers besides the Kindle?
That's part of it. Part of it is that Kindles break and need to be replaced. And there's no guarantee that the (far into the future - at least three years) replacement Kindle will be able to read such primitive formats.

In which case, having a DRM-removed copy around on your backup DVDs will make it possible to re-read without having to re-purchase them. Yay!

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