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Originally Posted by BionicGecko
It is considered a bad practice in these parts to remove DRM from KU books, as the KU payment model relies on the number of pages read, which can only be accounted for when reading the book online and as downloaded on the device from the Amazon servers; stripping DRM from KU books effectively prevents authors from being paid their fair share.
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They are only "really" KU if borrowed as part of a subscription. KU tagged books can be bought in the normal way with no subscription.
Actually buying gives the authors a fair share. The KU system doesn't even when it is used properly. It's opaque. Unlike other libraries, the KU system gets the content free and Amazon decides on the "pot" to be shared to pages read. In the UK & Ireland the libraries have to buy the content for a stated number of simultaneous loans and then pay a per book small royalty to the author, per loan, no matter how much is read. The Amazon system is arrogant, monopolistic, invades user privacy and under pays the the authors. They get the content free for any number of loans. Now, try and find an Amazon book in a library. They want to wipe out all other book retailers and libraries.