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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The reason to target kindlepid is because without the PID, you cannot strip the DRM or even shift it to the Kindle. The eBooks are locked in to whatever they are locked into when they are purchased. So no PID, no DRM removal or shifting. It means Amazon is trying to lock you in to buying DRMed eBooks from them and them only.
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If you want to buy DRMed Mobipocket and shift it to the Kindle, you just use the PID from your Mobipocket reader software. You only need the Kindle's PID if you want to use Kindlefix and leave the DRM in tact or if you want to strip the DRM off Amazon books. I think that's why they moved on it now since there is a large influx of people with the iPhone and iPod Touch that have more of a reason to want to liberate their Amazon books.
The question that remains for me, though, is whether Amazon will start snooping on my Kindle. So far, we know they haven't but they clearly reserve the right to do so. I've read deDRMed content on my Kindle and haven't heard a peep out of them. Someone also posted on the Kindle forum the other day that the Ebay seller they bought their used Kindle 1 from had left several Amazon books in the memory. They weren't removed when they registered. This to me says they're not paying any attention to what we have loaded. This may change. I hope they realize that it would be a PR fiasco if they ever did that. It would make this and the TTS thing look like a walk in the park.