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Old 04-23-2008, 10:22 AM   #7
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by GeoffC View Post
Like , as happens now , with your purchased copy of XP - for instance - though I believe a 'phone call could sort that out .....
Let's say you purchase another computer. You install Mobipocket Reader on it. You have eBooks in Mobipocket format that were purchased from PaperbackDigital (now out of business so you cannot redownload with a new PID). They have DRM. How can you setup Mobipocket Reader on the new computer so it has the same PID as the previous computer? Without the same PID, you cannot read any of them on that computer.

The average person won't know about breaking DRM. They'll just know that their previously purchased content no longer works. That is a major strike against eBooks for sure.
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