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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
Well, I am a lawyer, and no matter how I dissect the matter, I don't see how either of those python scripts does anything in violation of the DMCA.
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Really? Because 17 USC 1201 seems to be pretty clear:
(A) No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title.
The PID in an ebook file is clearly a 'technological measure that effectively controls access', namely, to only a device with that PID. Using Kindlefix to substitute a different PID for the one in the file clearly circumvents that. I agree with your earlier analysis that there's little actual damage here, and that the publisher probably does not care so long as it's only being read on one device and not copied multiple times for multiple devices.
But it's still a technical violation, at least until an exemption is granted.