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Originally Posted by crossi
Digital Rights Management. When you buy an ebook from Amazon and download it, before it is sent to you, you need to specify which of your kindles you want to read it on. Then they add something to the file before sending it to you such that only THAT kindle will be able to open it.
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Usually. But the publisher /author can request DRM free on Amazon and Google.
Amazon adds DRM ANYWAY if you use an App or Whisper net. You'll only get it DRM via download from My Content & Devices page, if it is DRM free.
DRM is as if you can only use a personally supplied to you by one vendor pair of glasses to read and only for that vendors product.
Doesn't stop pirates. The only real advantage is profit to people with DRM patents or products.