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Thomas Ryan · 02-23-2009, 08:40 PM

From the Kindle 2 user's guide there are no obvious restrictions regarding content purchased for one Kindle being transferred back to that Kindle via USB.

The note is likely about transferring content from one Kindle to another. If the content is DRM locked it will locked to the original device based on the device's unique identification number, i.e. it's PID.

The content can be transferred by dragging the file around through a Desktop computer via USB, but the content won't be readable. An error dialog will appear when you try to open it from Home.

To get content targeted for one Kindle onto another Kindle will require a trip, one way or another through an Amazon DRM server. Of course, if there was no DRM, then you could move the content to any Kindle.

02-23-2009, 08:40 PM	#8
Thomas Ryan Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 250 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kindle	Re: Note about transferring previous Kindle purchases From the Kindle 2 user's guide there are no obvious restrictions regarding content purchased for one Kindle being transferred back to that Kindle via USB. The note is likely about transferring content from one Kindle to another. If the content is DRM locked it will locked to the original device based on the device's unique identification number, i.e. it's PID. The content can be transferred by dragging the file around through a Desktop computer via USB, but the content won't be readable. An error dialog will appear when you try to open it from Home. To get content targeted for one Kindle onto another Kindle will require a trip, one way or another through an Amazon DRM server. Of course, if there was no DRM, then you could move the content to any Kindle.