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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom
DRM stands for Digital Rights Management. Originally meant to stop pirating, the main effect of DRM in my life is that if I buy a book from Amazon, I can only read it on a kindle registered to me (or someone on my account). If my kindle breaks and I cannot afford to replace it, or if I decide to get a Sony or a Nook, or if Amazon decides to switch to another format, I can no longer access my books. I do not believe the intent of the law is to force me to stick with Amazon come hell or high water. If I buy a book, I think I should be able to read it on any device, if I can convert the file to work on that device. I currently like the kindle store the best, and I love my kindle, but I don't want to have to rebuy my books if I decide to switch to another reader. I already did that with 8 tracks and cassets and CDs and MP3s, and I am doing it now with pbooks and ebooks. I just don't intend to buy 2 different formats in ebooks.
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Thank you!! I get most of my books from a free site, so I hope that doesn't affect anything I'm reading....
As far as the update is concerned....I downloaded the .bin file, but what do I do with it once I've got it?
Again, apologies for my ignorance here
Any help would be very much appreciated!