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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
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.
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Sorry to disagree, Dennis, but that's not correct. Amazon use Mobipocket DRM - that's why DRM can be removed from Kindle books using the same "MobiDeDRM" script that works with any other Mobipocket book.
The only difference between Amazon's DRM and that of a book bought from Mobipocket is that Amazon have their own private DRM server. The actual DRM mechanism, however, is Mobipocket DRM. That's probably one of the main reasons that Amazon bought Mobipocket: to acquire their DRM technology.