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Originally Posted by Thomas Ryan
Kindle reading is not limited to Amazon-only purchases - as you note in your 3rd paragraph about your own legitamate content acquisition. Nobody is lying. You're falling apart; take a deep breath. BTW - don't admit to being a criminal on-line.
The DMCA almost certainly reads that 'it's a violation to "bootleg" DRM'ed content onto your Kindle'. Like it or not. Believe it or not. Somebody bothers to enforce it or not.
Amazon said - mobipocket is one store, not for Kindles. Amazon.com is another store, for Kindles (and now iPhone). The devices are different, the files are "different". Somebody figured out that the difference is 28 bytes, and how to align those 28 with a program named kindlefix. We wouldn't be having this discussion if the difference was "the whole file" is different, and nobody figured out to make them compatible.
In fact, though, non DRM mobi files from mobipocket are supported by Amazon on Kindle, so you could thank them for that. Ha. Ha. Lighten up.
You ask "why did they (be so mean-spirited, and "unfair")..."? Start another thread. This one is about kindlefix.
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Ummm ... no I didn't ask that question at all. And, this discussion is about kindlefix. Specifically whether it is a crime to use kindlefix.
Mobipocket is "one store not for Kindles." Then, please tell me why there are some books available there that are regular *.prc files and readable on the Kindle with nothing necessary on the part of the user except to put them there. I know, I've purchased them. They exist.
Either Amazon is attempting to control the user's access to books, or they are not. Sorry, you can't have it both ways.
And, stating that I have purchased books from sources other than Amazon (such as Mobipocket and a number of other sites) does not make me a criminal. Nor does stating that I have purchased books from sites other than Amazon make me a criminal .... even if I have read them on my Kindle. Shocking, I know, but quite true. There are other stores that offer content .... I'm just guessing that you aren't aware of that.
The only question is how far Amazon is willing to go to prevent people who have a Kindle from purchasing and reading that content.