Yet another reason to get rid of DRM: when the DRM servers go down, you can’t get content. MobileRead has an update on the Mobipocket situation, which has been going on for about a week now. Hopefully, the recent moves of DRM-free music will carry over into the eBook world because these DRM schemes are clearly not bulletproof from a customer standpoint. I don’t begrudge anyone the right to make money from selling their content, but there has to be a better way. I do want go give credit to Jayson Billington, whom I presume is from Mobipocket. He commented here and shared info on the problem right away last week. Jayson, any chance we can get an official update or ETA on when service will be restored?
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