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Thanks - I had no idea that I could purchase books from Amazon.com that did not have DRM. This even more strengthens the responsibility for DRM to be on the pu

Thanks - I had no idea that I could purchase books from Amazon.com that did not have DRM. This even more strengthens the responsibility for DRM to be on the publishers hands - simply by eliminating the DRM from their books, I could purchase their books from any publisher, and read them on any device - which would eliminate my need to go to Amazon for a new book. I wonder how much discussion has gone on with the publishers about eliminating DRM on their content. The music publishers certainly went that way...

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swetland 12y ago
To the best of my knowledge (I'd love a pointer to details if I'm wrong), the reason Kindle has DRM at all is entirely due to publisher demands for it.
rmc 12y ago
Yep. DRM is totally optional. I sell ebooks on Kindle Store which are based on OpenStreetMap data. CC licence (at the time) meant that I couldn't use DRM. Not a problem.