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Originally Posted by vaughnmr
Looks like serveral vendors (Sony, Apple, B&N, to name a few) are applying drm to the ebook, against the author's and publisher's wishes, while Amazon does supply the ebook drm-free, at least in the US. I know who I'd buy from.
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Whether Amazon provides it DRM-free is unclear; apparently, reports are mixed. (However, if they've DRM'd it, they'll be happy to change the settings and people should be able to re-download with the DRM.) At some time, Sony, Apple and B&N only had DRM'd books; I don't know if any of them have changed that.
It does bring up an interesting legal situation--DRM-cracking software is only a DMCA violation if it's removing protections the copyright owner *wants.* Otherwise, it's just "software for manipulating your digital purchases."