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Old 09-30-2010, 05:10 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by sweevo View Post
I am not asking for the technical details, but - can this be done by copying the files from the Kindle to the PC, without knowing the guy's Amazon password, or would she need to install the PC Kindle software, for which she would probably need the password?

Also: can this even be done? Last time I looked at a thread about this subject, I think I saw an explanation about Amazon having several different types of DRM, and not all of them being possible to remove. I might be wrong about this.
Is it an original Kindle? In which case, no problem. Copy them to a PC, and used the available tools to get the PID of the Kindle and decrypt them.

Is it a Kindle 2? In which case, has it been updated to the latest firmware (>=2.5)? If not, no problem, method as for original Kindle

If it's a Kindle 2 with firmware >=2.5, only books that were downloaded to it before the upgrade to firmware 2.5 happened can currently be decrypted, same method as for original Kindle.

If it's a Kindle 3, you're out of luck. there's currently no method of removing DRM from ebooks with DRM downloaded to a Kindle 3.

NB Not all books from Amazon have DRM — she might be lucky with some of them.
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