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Old 03-11-2009, 03:36 PM   #65
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
Now I am confused... If you have a book that was not intended to be read on the Kindel and have DRM that enforce that. Why is not making it possible to read the book on the Kindle circumventing the DRM?
It's not that the book can't be read on the Kindle, it's that the Kindle refuses to read the book. The Kindle's PID is already in the book before you run kindlefix.

My position on kindlefix hinges on whether it "unpacks" the PIDs or "decrypts" them. I use the word unpack to refer to a process that is identical on all ebooks, and decrypt to refer to one that requires something to make the process unique. For example, you can unpack any ZIP file with just about any software. You need a specific PID to decrypt an ebook.

So, whether kindlefix violates the DMCA depends on how the PIDs are stored in the file header. Is it closer to a ZIP file, or closer to encryption?
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