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Originally Posted by bhaak
We don't know why Amazon is currently turning a blind eye on this situation. My guess would be that going for the small fishes would just be very bad PR for them and it would again draw more attention to the bad sides of DRM. But we don't really know.
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We know that it is not in Amazon's interest to go after such "infractions" since (apart from the bad publicity) they are losing business. It would be so easy for them to close all loopholes. But those loopholes are there for a reason, they enable them to pull in more business and pretend that they are towing the publisher's party line. Amazon does that for physical goods, too. They ship to known transshipping companies, some other stores don't. They stick to the letter of the agreement, but still get what they want. They are much stricter for video and music, because the publishers demand that.
Amazon doesn't care about DRM, they care about sales.