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Originally Posted by datanoise
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What about 5.8.9.0.1? The protection isn't enabled at all on this one?
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Seems to be more correct than false (so far).
Intended for the PW3-64, but also shows up on the PW3-4 in some parts of the world.
Now that was a long post, but I didn't get into national differences.
Some countries (other than the USA) guarantee the purchasing end-user more or different access rights to the firmware controlling their electronic devices.
(Such things as installing the firmware version of their choice, "their" -- the owner after purchase, not the builder or vendor.)
Some of our Germany members could probably add/correct the next, but...
From the little reading I have done, the laws in Germany give the end-user/owner the most control.
I was writing from the USA prospective.
I, and some others here, believe that when the end-user purchases an electronically controlled device, they own both the device and its behavior.
Amazon, from their actions, clearly believe that control of the device's behavior remains Amazon's, although the responsibility for the device's behavior is not.
(Such as: When they ship a firmware that bricks a device, they will not replace it or fix it. Such has been reported here.)
In the case of such basic corporate policy, when we write: "Amazon" we are using a politically correct, code term for: "Jeff Bezos". *
Keep in mind, the Kindle's where built and sold at below-cost for the purpose of being a reader's operated, marketing data gathering device. **
Any change in the device's behavior would or could seriously effect the device's usefulness for that purpose.
(*) Yes, I am aware that members of Amazon management are subscribed to the rss feed of my posts.
(they are one of my most avid readers.
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(**) For instance, read the legal document that ships on the K2/DX(G) devices (and probably other models).
The intent of the device was disclosed in that document (which can not be easily removed from the device).
Probably on other models also, it is just that the DX(G) is the only model where I have read the entire document.
Which rivals War and Peace in length.
PS: And according to the fine print, when you register the device, you also agree to the terms of that document. If you don't register the device, then various things will not work or work as expected when you purchased it.
The "complete setup" (as it is now called) is clearly the "click and approve EULA" button and they don't give you much choice about clicking it (see the runme scripts thread).