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<blockquote data-quote="Jupp" data-source="post: 1771591" data-attributes="member: 20804">DRM is Digital Rights Management. It is something like a secure lock for PDF files. You can read a DRM pdf only on the PC you have activated it on, not on another computer until you have it actived there again. AFAIK the # of activations is limited though. You can back them up on CD or an external harddisk but you cannot read it from there. If you loose your pdf you have to contact the place you did buy it from so they can send you a new pdf with a new activation. Well thats about it. There are some differences depending on who does the DRM but thats how it works on a lots of places.It is nothing special IMO and I dont understand some of the fuss some people make about it but thats just my opinion <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Anyway. I would have bought Frostburn if it would have cost between 18-20$. Just because its a pdf doesnt mean in any way that they should sell it for only 5$. The work to produce this book is almost the same minus the print review and the actual print job. Some people do not seem to see this.My 2 centsEdit:@RangerWickettAFAIK, u dont need to have access to the internet just for opening the file. You have to activate it once per computer and then thats it. I use Adobe DRM pdf files for work from time to time and I never had to be on the net just to open the file</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jupp, post: 1771591, member: 20804"] DRM is Digital Rights Management. It is something like a secure lock for PDF files. You can read a DRM pdf only on the PC you have activated it on, not on another computer until you have it actived there again. AFAIK the # of activations is limited though. You can back them up on CD or an external harddisk but you cannot read it from there. If you loose your pdf you have to contact the place you did buy it from so they can send you a new pdf with a new activation. Well thats about it. There are some differences depending on who does the DRM but thats how it works on a lots of places. It is nothing special IMO and I dont understand some of the fuss some people make about it but thats just my opinion ;) Anyway. I would have bought Frostburn if it would have cost between 18-20$. Just because its a pdf doesnt mean in any way that they should sell it for only 5$. The work to produce this book is almost the same minus the print review and the actual print job. Some people do not seem to see this. My 2 cents Edit: @RangerWickett AFAIK, u dont need to have access to the internet just for opening the file. You have to activate it once per computer and then thats it. I use Adobe DRM pdf files for work from time to time and I never had to be on the net just to open the file [/QUOTE]

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