Thread: Future-proof buying choice-- which e-book format, e-bookstore?
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Old 07-02-2010, 10:08 AM   #47
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Originally Posted by go4thetop View Post
So, if publishers insist on some sort of DRM then maybe what should be done is ton encrypt the books with an open source standard encryption algorithm using the customers credit card number.
This way if the publisher disappears or technology changes over time people will have the best chance of decrypting books they own. It will still be the responsibility ofnthe purchaser to keep a record ofntheir credit card numbers even if they no longer use them.
Darn!! And as I write that last sentence I'm wondering if I recorded my now don longer used Visa card that I used to purchase some ereader ebooks! :-(
I keep an old credit card for just such uses...
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