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Originally Posted by HarryT
Are you saying that where you live you could build a PC, borrow a friend's Windows installation DVD, and install a copy of Windows on your PC without a software licence? That's exactly the same situation as we're talking about here.
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Ah, you haven't been following the recent undemo of the Kpw here.
What is being used is the **SIGNED** firmware image posted by Amazon for the use of Kindle owners.
Which, after use, allows the Kindle to be registered with Amazon.
If it where "illegal" - then:
1) Amazon would not allow the "Demo" devices to install anything that wasn't signed with a "Demo Only Certificate". (Or to install anything that was signed by the retail user certificate.)
2) The serial number of the device would be black-listed in their system so that it could not be registered to the new owner.
What **might** be a contract violation, the **sale** of a Demo Kindle by the holder of the Kindle Demonstration contract.
But that contract is not between the new owner and Amazon. That is between Amazon and their Dealer(s).
N.O.P.
In the U.K., the situation may be different.