Thread: Amazon uses DMCA to restrict where you can buy e-books
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Old 03-12-2009, 05:59 PM   #116
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Originally Posted by TadW View Post
The irony is that kindlepid.py has been around ever since Kindle 1 got launched (end of 2007, early 2008?) It makes me wonder why Amazon has suddenly decided to invoke DMCA against this tool.

In all fairness, I don't think preventing us to use the PID code for .mobi e-book purchases elsewhere is Amazon's main objective. Or why wait until today? So... the Kindle iPhone app, which was recently released, comes into mind...
That's why I believe Serial Numbers were removed from "Manage My Kindle". Everything connects back to the release of the Kindle for iPhone app.
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