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That's precisely why DRM is a non-issue for the overwhelming majority of eBook readers. They buy a reader, and shop at the store associated with the reading device. Kindle owners buy at Amazon, nook owners buy at B&N, Kobo owners buy at Kobo. Most of those people have probably never even heard of "DRM".
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Maybe they are just enjoying the reading experience and ease of access to ebooks - they probably have not the slightest idea what you are talking about. |
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What do you mean when you say that Amazon no longer notes DRM status? AFAIK, they never did this explicitly. On DRM free books, they say something like: "simultaneous device usage limit: unlimited". Do they no longer do this in France?
Also, how does the marking scheme work? If each book must be customized (property of John Doe), then I agree that it is an interesting alternative to traditional DRM, but lack of support for such a program could easily be due to technical reasons (inability to publish custom books for each buyer) and not due to any business stance/strategy. |
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Yes they do. E.g. My version of Kim, which has "Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited" and Penguin's version, which does not.
If you don't see "Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited" in the Product details section at Amazon UK, then it has DRM. Last edited by pdurrant; 12-17-2011 at 03:30 PM. Reason: typo fixing. In case someone tries to search on "Similtaneous". Whoops. |
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