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Originally Posted by pdurrant
It's worth remembering that an ebook with ADE DRM has a minimum $0.22 reproduction cost, as that's the fee Adobe charge for use of their DRM.
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I've seen rumors that the fee may have increased somewhat (the $0.22 number is from around 2009 when Adobe was more transparent about it), but haven't been able to find much concrete data on it. Not sure if the fee for expiring books (library books) is still $0.08 or not either.
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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
Wait... I never realized that! So we actually pay for a DRM scheme that limits us in the use of the product?
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There are the per book fees, plus the fees to licence the Content Server ($6,500+), yearly "maintenance fees" ($1,500+), and the fees to license RMSDK for the actual reading apps and devices. A lot of support calls to stores and libraries are DRM related too. DRM may be snake oil, but it's expensive snake oil.