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Originally Posted by DaleDe
true but the prevailing opinion of new writers is that DRM is necessary to enforce their copyright so they require it and Amazon does not permit any publisher but them to use DRM. Thus in a way it is Amazon's fault, or at least their business practice. By comparison Adobe will allow any publisher to use their DRM but they do charge for it.
Dale
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Other bookstores are free to sell watermarked mobis which satisfies both requirements of (a) being compatible with the kindle, and (b) necessity of DRM.
Amazon's method of DRM is therefore not the only DRM compatible with the kindle if the argument is made that DRM is an unavoidable necessity.