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Originally Posted by sweevo
Didn't a recent court ruling clarify that it is legal to circumvent DRM for format shifting?
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I'd say it's still unclear, there is some indication that it may not violate portions of the Digital Millennium Copyright act if DRM is circumvented on files you have purchased to be used on other devices (Fair Use).
That being said, if I had purchased books from one vendor and wished to read them on a different vendors hardware I would have no reservation about circumventing DRM to do so.
In answer to the OP's question, yes, it is possible to read books purchased at the Kindle store on other devices. The process to strip DRM of Kindle books is not that difficult and the software needed is still available (Just don't ask me where, you have to do that research yourself). Once you have stripped the DRM you can use Calibre to format the book for the Nook.
In any case making copies and giving them to friends or providing them for download would be illegal.