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<blockquote data-quote="Kesh" data-source="post: 3869128" data-attributes="member: 1308">Thank you for being so up-front with us, Scott.I have to say, the only part of this that concerns me is the &quot;DRM&quot; issue. I really dislike having files locked to a particular application, especially if there's an &quot;activation limit&quot; on the number of computers it can be used with. I've seen file formats die on the wayside, and I'd like to have a file that can last if I change operating systems or want to load it onto a future &quot;e-book reader&quot; portable machine. That's why I love watermarked PDFs, but am wary of PDF &quot;manager&quot; applications that keep them limited and proprietary to that app.Further, DRM tends to be OS-specific. As a Mac OS and Linux user, I don't like being cornered into running a friend's Windows machine just to read a book I purchased. I've already given up on using the Digital Initiative virtual gaming extras because of this, but it'd be disappointing if the e-books we can unlock are similarly bound to one OS.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kesh, post: 3869128, member: 1308"] Thank you for being so up-front with us, Scott. I have to say, the only part of this that concerns me is the "DRM" issue. I really dislike having files locked to a particular application, especially if there's an "activation limit" on the number of computers it can be used with. I've seen file formats die on the wayside, and I'd like to have a file that can last if I change operating systems or want to load it onto a future "e-book reader" portable machine. That's why I love watermarked PDFs, but am wary of PDF "manager" applications that keep them limited and proprietary to that app. Further, DRM tends to be OS-specific. As a Mac OS and Linux user, I don't like being cornered into running a friend's Windows machine just to read a book I purchased. I've already given up on using the Digital Initiative virtual gaming extras because of this, but it'd be disappointing if the e-books we can unlock are similarly bound to one OS. [/QUOTE]

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