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Old 10-19-2012, 03:39 AM   #69
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I've done so:
Amazon also replied with a technical, rather than a legal, answer:

Spoiler:
Thank you for contacting Amazon.co.uk.

Kindle content cannot be shared between separate Amazon.co.uk accounts.

You can share your Kindle content on multiple Kindle devices or Kindle applications provided they are registered to the same Amazon.co.uk account. All available content will appear in the Archived Items of each device/app registered to the same account.

The purchase and download of digital content from Amazon.co.uk, including content from the Kindle Store, is associated only with the Amazon.co.uk account used to make the original purchase.

There is no limit on the number of times Kindle content can be downloaded to a registered Kindle device or application. Publishers determine how many copies of each title can be downloaded to different Kindle devices or applications at the same time so there may be limits on the number of devices (usually six) that can simultaneously have a single book or Kindle active content title.

If the limit is less than six Kindles for a specific title, you'll see the message "Simultaneous Device usage: Up to X simultaneous devices, per publisher limits" on the website detail page. Currently Kindle subscriptions cannot be automatically delivered to the Home Screen of more than one device. You can download your Kindle subscription to another device from the Archived Items on that Kindle if both devices are registered to the same account.

The options for transferring content, and instructions for each option, are available in our Help pages here:

www.amazon.co.uk/kindletransfer

I hope this information helps. Thanks for your interest in Kindle.



I have followed up with a similar response to the one I sent Kobo:

Spoiler:
Dear Amazon,

Thank you for your response to my question, but it seems to be a technical rather than legal answer to my question. Obviously no-one is able read my books (the DRMed ones, anyway) unless they have access to a device registered to my account.

But I am asking about the licence terms, and what they allow me to do, not the technical limitations imposed by the DRM system.

May I let my spouse read ebooks that I have bought (on a device registered to my Kindle Account)?
May I let my children read ebooks that I have bought (on a device registered to my Kindle Account)?
May I let a close friend read ebooks that I have bought (on a device registered to my Kindle Account)?

I'm sorry to go on about this, but I do want to understand how many copies of an ebook you expect a household to buy if everyone in the household wants to read it. Your licence terms seem to imply that a copy needs to be bought for everyone who wants to read the ebook.

Yours,

Paul Durrant.
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