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Old 11-30-2007, 03:28 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by Aenea View Post
With DRM: Yes. Pretty damn easy actually, you do still need the right PID though, but since a Mobi/AZW file can have up to 4 working PID's, the PID of another device can be added. What I do wonder though, is this as illegal as a decrypt utility? (a program which removes the Kindle specific check and adding a PID)
Adding a PID must be "DRM circumvention", and hence presumably illegal under DMCA in the US.

However, how about taking a DRMed MOBI file that has been authorized for the Kindle (i.e. includes the Kindle's PID) and adding the Kindle marker to make it a DRMed AZW file. Is this possible? Does it require MobiPocket copyrighted code? I don't think this should be illegal in the US under the DMCA, because you have permission of the copyright holder to run on the Kindle - you just don't have permission from Amazon. However, laws don't have to make sense - so perhaps even this is proscribed by the DMCA.

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