Thread: Would you buy an e-book with DRM?
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Old 06-15-2010, 11:19 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel View Post
the only thing i have to add to what pdurrant said so well is that in my personal experience, drm has caused me to lose access to all of my MSReader (lit) books within LESS THAN ONE YEAR of their purchase (both to the files still on my hard drive, and also to any future downloads of these BOUGHT AND PAID FOR files from my bookshelf).
That's scary.

I'm sorry to go a little off-topic, but since I'm a little new to the whole ebook world, I'm not sure how this works. So, could you explain what you mean by "lose access"? I mean, once it's on your reader, it's on your reader, right? (unless you have a Kindle, of course...) And the files on your hard drive? Does it mean they refuse to open, or what? Do DRMed files 'check' with the provider via your Internet connection every time you open them?

Thanks. And again, sorry for going off-topic.
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