mattwnz: I think these Kobos and anything else that you purchase with DRM built in, should be overseen by a central run system, that is independent of the company. This would then prevent problems when the company runs into financial problems. Therefore I think DRM should not be permitted unless a central system is running. It is really the problem with any cloud based system that requires the user to login online to get full features of something that is purchased. I am surprised that Consumer aren't onto the potential problems with DRM that arise in these types of situation.