Thread: Hacks Amazon Kindle Hack: Read DRM-protected Mobipocket content
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Old 12-13-2007, 09:34 PM   #111
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Originally Posted by mrkai View Post
In the USA, it is against the law to:

1. Copy the Wii Disc (it is heavily encrpyted) and change the region bit on the image to USA and burn it back to a DVD-R

2. Modify the Wii you purchased and Own to play the JPN Wii Fit game you bought in japan.

3. Anything the Manufacture did not intend the system to be used for that involves changing any copyrighted code and/or/to circumvent any restraints on the usage in any way

Our mobi -> awz example here is a parallel to this one. You bought the book, you own the Kindle. The book has been constrained from working on the kindle. You aren't allowed to cirumvent these constraints without violating a very very stupid US law.
Okay, regardless of what is actually legal, can we all agree that #1 is really stupid (and apparently contrary to the traditional copyright "fair use" defense)?

Does this mean that if I buy a DVD, Blu-ray, or HD-DVD disk, that it's illegal for me to rip a copy as an avi and keep it on my hard drive for my personal use? I'm pretty sure that that's precisely the sort of behavior covered under the "fair use" defense.

And if THAT is legal, why can't I re-burn the movie to a disk to watch in a different kind of player, which I also own?

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However, I'm still not sure that the mobi->azw example is actually illegal as you say. The reason is twofold:
  1. The Kindle ID is available using standard Mobipocket software
  2. Standard Mobipocket booksellers allow you to add any device (including the Kindle) as an "allowed" device to any book.

Unfortunately, it appears that there is one more facet to this, which is that in order for the Kindle to read it, the mobi file must also list Amazon as the publisher.

Can someone (igor?) tell me: if you simply download a mobi book from a Mobipocket bookseller, with the Kindle device # included, then do the following things work?
  1. Use USB to put the file onto the Kindle, keeping the .mobi extension?
  2. Put the file on the Kindle by emailing the mobi file to it via Amazon?

And, mrkai, I'd like to be sure I understand you: is it your position that this technique is against the Kindle TOS and probably illegal, but that you don't actually think it's wrong or immoral?
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