The possibility here is not that different from what happened with Microsoft's music store years ago. They sold DRM music then decided one day to close shop and move everything to their Zune marketplace. What happened to the DRM music that was tied to the old store--it became inaccessible b/c in order to listen to the songs the software had to go through an authorization process with the store that was no longer there. To their credit, there was a period in which you could convert the songs (forget specifics), but after that you were up the creek w/out a paddle. I shudder to think that the same thing could happen with my Kindle content, though it might.
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The possibility here is not that different from what happened with Microsoft's music store years ago. They sold DRM music then decided one day to close shop and move everything to their Zune marketplace. What happened to the DRM music that was tied to the old store--it became inaccessible b/c in order to listen to the songs the software had to go through an authorization process with the store that was no longer there. To their credit, there was a period in which you could convert the songs (forget specifics), but after that you were up the creek w/out a paddle. I shudder to think that the same thing could happen with my Kindle content, though it might.