[JoeD]

I may have misread this thread, but is the arguement that Amazon won't let them sell ebooks _for_ the kindle that _are_ drm'd but not actually sold by Amazon?

Where as the other platforms may support it due to using Adobe for their DRM so they don't need to sell via kobo to sell a DRM'd book that can be loaded onto the kobo?

If so, that would seem like a valid argument, but I'm not sure Amazon could be seen as doing anything wrong by not allowing it, unless/until they gain monopoly status.

Again, I've glossed over the thread as I'm short on time atm, but that's the impression I got.

If it's actually that they want to be able to sell ebooks for the kindle that are DRM free, then I'm as perplexed as everyone else. Unless there's more to it?

Edit: Merit wise, I can't see the case getting anywhere if it is as I mentioned above. Consider tablets for a similar thing, nobody can produce and sell Apps for the iPad/iPhone that are DRM protected without going through apple, in fact, you can't even sell unprotected apps so it's an even worse position than publishers are faced with on the Kindle.