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Originally Posted by JSWolf
But, one thing Amazon did not mention.... Mobipocket Reader 6.0 can get the K1's PID 100% legally. So if you have that version Mobipocket Reader or access to it, install it and then get your PID 100% legally. No idea if it works with the K2. But if you have a K1, it works. So have at it. And since they did not mention kindlefix.py, that's ok to use as well. I'm just saying, there's a way around this nonsense (for now) for K1 owners.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24285 |
Well the take-down notice mentioned threads referring to KindlePID.py but it also spoke broadly of removing "all such anti-circumvention [
sic] technologies, products, services, devices, components, or parts thereof". So perhaps they would consider links to Mobipocket Reader 6.0 as also being illegal. The fact of the matter is that the is very little sense behind this demand. MobileRead didn't host the files and the 'primary purpose' of KindlePID.py was not to circumvent DRM so the DMCA should not even apply (also, is MobileRead even hosted in the US?). I suspect that Amazon's lawyers wouldn't have a leg to stand on if this went to court - they are either ignorant, were bluffing about taking legal action or know that they can cause MobileRead enough pain with legal fees that they can intimidate the site owners into backing down. Whatever the case, it worked.
Luckily the net strips power from these companies ability to bully without repercussions and I suspect the bad press that Amazon is getting may make them reluctant to use the same tactics in the future.