Only verified purchasers can download DRM-free files; Kindle Unlimited is excluded. Amazon is shifting DRM responsibility to ...

Kindle users will be able to download specific titles they've bought as a PDF or EPUB file next year, but only if the author permits it.

DRM, or Digital Rights Management, lets publishers control how you use the software or content you buy or subscribe to. DRM is commonly seen in music, such as in downloaded tracks from streaming ...

Thankfully for Kindle fans, Amazon is rolling back some of those changes, and will be bringing back the ability to download e-books as EPUB files in early 2026. However, not all e-books will be ...

You don’t own the e-books you buy on Amazon’s Kindle store. You simply own a license to view the content at your leisure, and Amazon can revoke the license for whatever reason it chooses. However, ...

In 2009, Apple finally decided to drop DRM from the iTunes music library. That didn't help much with songs purchased before that decision, however. Fortunately, if you still have these crippled tracks ...

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On Tuesday, Apple announced that after six years, the iTunes Store would soon completely stop selling music encumbered by digital rights management (DRM) restrictions. What does that mean for you?

When Amazon stopped letting us download copies of our Kindle books last month, I began looking for ways to preserve e-books and audiobooks that I've paid for. Buying from Amazon really limits those ...

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You love your Kindle, but you hate the DRM. What do you do? Well, if you like, we'll tell you how to strip the copy-protection from your e-books, leaving a plain, vanilla e-book file in the format of ...