Thread: Penguin no longer participates in Overdrive Library Service
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Old 11-22-2011, 03:31 PM   #55
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Originally Posted by Daithi View Post
I think this is just a ruse. In the case of a lawsuit Penguin might have to justify why they permitted non-Amazon ebooks at the library but wouldn't permit the Amazon books. They wanted to yank the Kindle versions but not all their library ebooks, so they're using this security garbage as an excuse. At least that's my guess.
Given that they didn't also pull their books from the Kindle store, which uses the same exact DRM (or even tougher DRM, for that matter), this ruse would be quickly exposed in court.
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