Thread: Yet another thumb of the nose from publishers
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Old 10-15-2010, 02:25 PM   #180
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Amazon, however, don't have to license anything; they own their DRM system outright, through having bought Mobipocket. Using DRM probably doesn't increase their costs.
They own their DRM system outright, but not through acquisition of MobiPocket. Mobi provides the format they use for ebooks, but they rolled their own DRM, and do not use Mobi's.

Amazon has the resources to develop an in-house DRM solution, and did, though in Amazon's case, the motive seems to have been vendor lock-in - you can buy any ebook you want, as long as you buy it from Amazon...
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