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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
It doesn't say features that are intended to "protect" the content, only those that do so, which means if I can break it, it's not much of a "protective" feature, right?
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I suspect that, from Amazon's point of view, the purpose of the contract -- and the DRM -- is not so much to prevent illicit copying per se, but to make publishers happy. Amazon's DRM is easily stripped. You know it, I know it, Amazon knows it, and bittorrent and warez sites are full of Kindle books[1]. I suspect Amazon isn't terribly concerned as long as the publishers aren't.
But of course, since those of us who don't live in the US aren't bound by the DMCA Amazon licenses, Amazon won't sell to us. God forbid a DRMed ebook should wind up in a country less restrictive of end-user rights than the US.
--Nathanael
[1] Or, well, at least books claiming to be Kindle. I haven't bothered downloading any.