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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
How quickly can Amazon generate new DRM?
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In the past Amazon has responded to KFX DRM being cracked by immediately switching to an already implemented DRM variant that was already part of the Kindle reading software. They then follow up a few months later by releasing new software that includes more new DRM variants. So far Amazon has kept well ahead of the efforts to crack recent KFX DRM.
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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
What do amazon have to do to implement new DRM? New FW version that users have to install?
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If someone is able to crack ALL of the existing KFX DRM variants then it would probably take Amazon a few months to release new software that adds new DRM, maybe less if they have it already coded and ready to go. Then there would be time needed for rollout. Finally the older software that has cracked DRM would need to be banned from use in order to close it up completely. That could take a year or more.
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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
How quickly can an army of community programmers with AI crack said new DRM versions? It could get interesting.
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There isn't much motivation for anyone to work on this as long as methods exist to avoid KFX entirely. As Amazon continues to close up the gaps in obtaining their older formats that motivation will grow.
As far as I know there is no coordinated group working on this. There are only rare individuals with both the skill to crack the DRM and the desire to release it publicly.