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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bagpuss" data-source="post: 1588886" data-attributes="member: 3987">Help...I've downloaded the free PDF's from DriveThruRPG at work to see what the fuss was about. Register Acrobat 6, etc. etc. Not to painful as I already have a MSN Passport. They open fine, so I figure I want these at home as well.So I logon to DTRPG at home and go to download them again (they are free after all, and its a process I'm use to doing with RPGNow), but I get an error "410 Gone" checking DriveThru's website troubleshooting its says that's because you've already downloaded it (well duh! of course I have I want another copy however).Okay so I read about transfering between machines. And the <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/catalog/FAQ.htm" target="_blank">FAQ</a> says you need to open the "My Bookshelf" in Acrobat and select Backup. So I do that but it doesn't let me Backup just one book, I have to backup ALL or at least ALL Roleplaying (and what with all the PDF's I've aquired that's a lot of data).So my question is, can I just copy the individual DRM file, like I could with a normal PDF or do I have to use the Backup feature for it to work?If you have to use Backup then DRM has really restricted the portability as you can only move all your e-book collection or none at all.The other thing that worries me reading the FAQ is So unlike RPGNow which keeps a record of my purchases so that if my harddrive dies I can download the file again. DriveThruRPG forces me to backup every file thus effectively doubling the amount of storage I need for any file or making me pay again if my harddrive dies.</blockquote>

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