Who determines DRM?

Beryll Snyder · 12-18-2011, 10:48 AM

I have found various ebook titles that were with DRM in one shop and without DRM in the other. Same price.
What is the legal situation here?

pdurrant · 12-18-2011, 11:06 AM

It's entirely up to the contract between the publisher and the retailer.

OTOH, there are some very dodgy sites out there that are clearly trying to sell ebooks for which they do not have a contract in place. i.e. they take all the money and the publisher/author never sees a penny.

Give links to an instance of what you describe, and people will chime in with their opinion of the legitimacy of the shops.

Beryll Snyder · 12-18-2011, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

It's entirely up to the contract between the publisher and the retailer.

OTOH, there are some very dodgy sites out there that are clearly trying to sell ebooks for which they do not have a contract in place. i.e. they take all the money and the publisher/author never sees a penny.

Give links to an instance of what you describe, and people will chime in with their opinion of the legitimacy of the shops.

"It's entirely up to the contract between the publisher and the retailer."

Ok, the question remains why there are different conditions in place.

These are definitely "legitimate" shops:

http://www.kobobooks.de/search/searc...rlorene+Symbol
http://www.weltbild.de/3/16785835-1/...ne-symbol.html

pdurrant · 12-18-2011, 01:08 PM

Yes, that is a puzzle. The same publisher too. I seem to recall some mention that Kobo (until recently) wouldn't do DRM-free ebooks. But it seems to have DRM in the Kindle store too.

I guess only the publisher could tell you. At least, someone at the publisher. But finding the right person to ask might be tricky.

Buy the non-DRM one!

Fbone · 12-18-2011, 03:54 PM

Huge price difference. I would go with the lowest price.

HarryT · 12-18-2011, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Fbone

Huge price difference. I would go with the lowest price.

What prices do you see? For me, the first of those links shows a price of £6.99; the second €8.49, which is £7.12. I wouldn't personally call a price difference of 13p (US 20c) "huge"

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Abtacha · 12-19-2011, 01:14 PM

They are the same if you are in Germany (because of our Buchpreisbindung) but I agree, go for the one without DRM.
It's also available at beam-ebooks, all books there are DRM free.

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12-18-2011, 11:06 AM	#2
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,665 Karma: 306652114 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	It's entirely up to the contract between the publisher and the retailer. OTOH, there are some very dodgy sites out there that are clearly trying to sell ebooks for which they do not have a contract in place. i.e. they take all the money and the publisher/author never sees a penny. Give links to an instance of what you describe, and people will chime in with their opinion of the legitimacy of the shops.

12-18-2011, 01:08 PM	#4
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,665 Karma: 306652114 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	Yes, that is a puzzle. The same publisher too. I seem to recall some mention that Kobo (until recently) wouldn't do DRM-free ebooks. But it seems to have DRM in the Kindle store too. I guess only the publisher could tell you. At least, someone at the publisher. But finding the right person to ask might be tricky. Buy the non-DRM one!

12-18-2011, 03:54 PM	#5
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,194 Karma: 100500000 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	Huge price difference. I would go with the lowest price.

12-19-2011, 01:14 PM	#7
Abtacha Addict Posts: 332 Karma: 6220000 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Aura HD	They are the same if you are in Germany (because of our Buchpreisbindung) but I agree, go for the one without DRM. It's also available at beam-ebooks, all books there are DRM free.

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