Thread: Yahoo Music closing. Claims it will "compensate" customers for DRM
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Old 07-29-2008, 04:12 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by bwaldron View Post
This is true...but the fact that they made sure to tweak things so that the Kindle couldn't read standard DRM'd Mobipocket files does make the Kindle lock-in strategy somewhat apparent (at least to me!).
IIRC, Mobipocket has agreements with its resellers not to compete on price. That's why you'll find the prices to be so high at mobipocket.com. I think if Amazon offered the books as mobi books, they'd have to abide by that agreement. No more $9.99 new releases.
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