Thread: Dealing with Amazon can be a right pain
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Old 10-17-2016, 08:41 AM   #52
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Originally Posted by Timboli View Post
The fact that DRM removal that was created more than a year ago, still works after a few Kindle updates, proves they aren't currently actively trying to stop it. They've given up, doesn't have the ring of truth to me though.
The DRM removal script used for Kindle books first appeared in 2008, so it's been out for over 8 years now. It's not true to say that Amazon have given up. They have changed the DRM scheme on different devices several times since then, in a variety of ways. The tools usually get updated in a few days/weeks/months to handle the new tweaks to the DRM scheme.

It's certainly possible that Amazon could embed identifying info in the books, or at least in the metadata.

And if they have done that it's also possible that Amazon could examine the books on your device to see whether they are (a) DRM-free books originally sold with DRM and (b) sold to the owner of the device they are on.

But I can't see why they'd bother, really.
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