Thread: Hacks kindlepid/kindlefix 0.2
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Old 03-10-2009, 07:52 PM   #50
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Originally Posted by Thomas Ryan View Post



Step 2: kindlefix decrypts key-records in a book until it finds one matching the PID whose DRM rights need adjustment.
It adds "Kindle read" permission (dw4|0x800)(?) to the key-record for that PID, re-encrypts the key-record, and replaces the key-record in the mobi file.

It is correct that kindlefix does not access the book content.

So my question is whether kindlefix as used in step two is prohibited "circumvention" in the context of DMCA cited earlier. It is decrypting part of the book file.
The book is being "borrowed' in the same way a paper books is physically "borrowed" from a brick and morter building.

It is "returned" when the loan period is over.

If it is not kept after the loan period, like a paper book, where is the illegality?
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