Edit: It appears that we were all fooled by our optimism. No DRM was always the default; this change was more of an 'opt-in to DRM'. See
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01...m_drm_changes/
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Quote:
Amazon quietly made a major change to its Digital Text Platform last week that went largely unnoticed: small publishers and individual authors who use the Digital Text Platform can now opt out of the Kindle's digital rights management (DRM) program. While this change only affects a relatively small number of publishers and authors for now, this move could hint at a larger change in Amazon's DRM policy. Right now, Amazon's DRM policy means that its customers can't transfer their books to a non-Kindle e-reader.
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From
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives...ors_opt_ou.php
Here is the relevant Amazon post:
http://forums.digitaltextplatform.co...earchPage=true
