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Old 05-13-2023, 08:00 AM   #2089
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Originally Posted by salamanderjuice View Post
Epub is an open format. They wouldn't have to pay anyone royalties to use it. Even for DRM they wouldn't have to use Adobe's, Apple doesn't, Bookwalker doesn't and Amazon is certainly capable of rolling their own DRM. I mean they won't bother anyways but it's not because they'd have to pay Adobe.
Thats why they'd only use if if EVERY BOOK was DRM free. The DRM is certainly not free for epub. It is for azw3 & KFX because it's Amazon's. An epub with non-Adobe DRM is essentially an azw3! Yes, it's not actually, but that's much like an epub with Amazon rather than Adobe DRM would be like.
If you use any DRM other than Adobe's on epub, it might as well be an azw3 as it's no use to any epub app or ereader.
To be effective DRM the actual app or ereader needs to be registered with the DRM provider.
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