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Originally Posted by darryl
My reading of the situation is that some publishers, at least for some books, find DRM which cannot be removed an attractive proposition. The danger is that Amazon will find this a competitive advantage, which will in turn not only encourage Amazon to continue down this path but will encourage Adobe and others to come up with similar DRM schemes. E-Books available only on Amazon when Amazon currently has the only "secure" drm scheme? Coincidence?
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It is a choice. Amazon gives the option to voluntarily give them exclusives. It makes the publishers look foolish. If Adobe decides to counter the offer by tightening their DRM scheme, they will shoot themselves in the foot. Everybody will have unbreakable DRM, except Amazon imprints. That will give Amazon an advantage.