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Originally Posted by Hellmark
Amazon doesn't have to pay out money to use DRM either, since they own the company that created the DRM they use.
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Depends on how you look at it. If you're trying to figure Amazon's profit on ebooks then better figure in what they pay in DRM. Sure, they're paying it to themselves, but yes-the ebook division still pays it to the DRM division. (Among other things, it hides that portion of the ebook profit by mixing it with DRM profit from other licensing.) If you're going to ignore that expense because "it's all Amazon" then you should allocate a portion of the DRM expenses to ebooks, too.