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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by sib on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @07:12PM (#37667143)
Because Amazon allows publishers to choose to sell eBooks without DRM. If an eBook sold in the Kindle store has DRM, the publisher chose to have it that way.
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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by m463 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:56AM (#37670340)
yes, but is the kindle data file encrypted?
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Re:FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power by ChadNauseam on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @09:44AM (#37674575)
no, and it’s pretty trivial to grab and upload to google play books or similar sites
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