Thread: Amazon uses DMCA to restrict where you can buy e-books
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Old 03-12-2009, 10:31 PM   #168
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Originally Posted by epiphany View Post
I also think that Amazon's decision is to try and stop people stripping DRM from Kindle books. My suspicion is that Amazon is able to convince publishers to release ebooks by arguing that their DRM stops people sharing the books. The existence of KindlePID and MobiDeDRM endanger this. I don't think that Amazon is trying to stop people buying books from other sources but it would be nice if they were more open about their reasons.
They need to open the Kindle to read other DRM'd formats. Then I suspect many others would jump on the Kindle bandwagon increasing sales of not only Kindles, but also Kindle books. This should satisfy both publishers and customers (and probably reduce the desire to break DRM for legitimate purposes).

I hope Amazon is reading this
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