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Originally Posted by wallcraft
It does seem that the iPhone version set this all off, and it may be that the problem is that millions of iPhone owners can now buy Kindle Store ebooks and with the PID from KindlePID these can be converted to DRM-free MOBIs using mobidedrm. KindlePID does not remove the DRM, but without KindlePID mobidedrm can't do its job (since, unlike with MobiPocket software, there is never a need for the reader to know the PID). Secret keys can be part of a DRM scheme (and the impossibility of keeping them secret is one reason why DRM does not work), so perhaps Amazon has a point.
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Yes, that is what I was trying to say.
There are other consequences to those of us who used the PID for other reasons (such as the ability to borrow books from the library) but I am not convinced it was the root cause for their action (or it would have been done much sooner).
I agree, it would be a PR disaster if they started going after Kindle customers for contents from other sources. So much so that I am not worried about Amazon seeing what is on my Kindle.