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Old 12-09-2009, 10:15 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by Abulia View Post
He's saying that validation happens in the background, ala "logging in," "calling home," et. al. Just because you're not doing it doesn't mean the device isn't doing it in the background.
You're wrong. No book validation is done, ever, in the background or otherwise. When you buy a book at Amazon and want to send the book to your kindle (wirelessly or via USB), Amazon needs to know WHICH kindle (if you have more than one on your account) the book is for so that it can key the book file so that it only works on THAT kindle. Once the book is on your kindle (or even, once the book is downloaded to your PC for use on your kindle), no further validation is needed ever. Amazon could go belly up, all computers on the planet (other than your kindle, if you consider it a computer) could be destroyed, the internet and cell phone towers destroyed, and that book file will always work on that kindle.
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