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Old 02-25-2025, 11:36 PM   #601
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Almost 10am here on the 26th, and the Download & transfer via USB option is still working. We are a bit ahead of the USA though, and I use the US Amazon Kindle store.
Still the 25th in the US, so not been cut off yet.
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Old 02-25-2025, 11:50 PM   #602
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Old 02-26-2025, 02:03 AM   #603
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You want to watch a DVD on your computer? And you run Linux? Better learn how to get around the DRM.
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I watch DVD's fine on my Linux computers (Both Linux Mint and Bodhi Linux)?
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Old 02-26-2025, 02:26 AM   #604
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Old 02-26-2025, 04:39 AM   #605
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Quoth mentions DVD's, VHS etc DRM was never really an issue with them as hardly anyone would have tried to copy them, because you didn't need to
Back in the day I did have an S-VHS recorder. I used to use it to record laserdiscs. It worked well and the PQ was pretty good.
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Old 02-26-2025, 04:40 AM   #606
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The Feb. 26th deadline only affects “Download and Transfer via USB”. The method you use to save your books (through Kindle for PC) still works for now, but only for version 2.4.0 or lower; at some point Amazon might stop sending books to older versions, or remove Kindle for PC altogether.

So the answer is yes, it’s working for now, but we don’t know for how long.
Thanks for the answer.
So everything may depend, at some point in the future, on the ability (or inability) of a few gifted and dedicated persons to maintain the de-DRMing (or, to be precise, de-KFXing, although de-DRMing from other sources than Amazon may also become an issue) Calibre plug-in, that has already survived at least one Kindle for PC upgrade.
Being willing to trust individual resilience and cleverness more than BigTech's greed and associated tyranny or the lawmakers' readiness to follow the large publishing and retail firms' whims rather than what the people want (or, unfortunately, in most cases, don't bother about because they're already too lobotomized to understand what's being done to them as long as they can connect their brains to some "authorized" source of data - goes for streaming movies too... -), I remain hopeful...
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Old 02-26-2025, 04:41 AM   #607
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Hmm that's true, I didn't think of that!

There goes my good idea that could have benefited mankind lol
That could never have benefited mankind. It would only have benefited companies that want total control.
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Old 02-26-2025, 04:45 AM   #608
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amazon announced times for server related events usually mean US Pacific Time.
But Amazon didn't announce a time. Just the date.
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Old 02-26-2025, 04:50 AM   #609
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You want to watch a DVD on your computer? And you run Linux? Better learn how to get around the DRM.

Your DVD player finally gave up the ghost and you want to rip your DVD's into MP4 files to stream from your home Plex server to your TV? Better learn how to get around the DRM.
Ripping DVD or Blu-Ray is very easy and the software is also very easy to get.

Ripping 4K Blu-Ray is harder as you need a a drive that has a patched firmware available. However, you can use a Blu-Ray player to read the 4K discs.You don't need an expensive 4K Blu-Ray player.
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Download and Transfer is still available as of me typing this at 09:50am in the UK. I'm guessing it'll be stopped sometime later today.
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Old 02-26-2025, 04:52 AM   #611
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Still the 25th in the US, so not been cut off yet.
26th in the US and UK and neither is cut off. The warning about the 26th is still showing.

I'm not expecting D&T to be gone until the 27th.
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I would think 26th February during office hours in Seattle
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This is the end of my purchases in the Amazon Kindle bookstore. I have an 11th gen Paperwhite, but the last time I enabled wifi, Amazon deleted all my books, except those I had bought from them. So enabling wifi is not an option. Fortunately I have everything backed up in my calibre library.
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Tbh, I can't be bothered to check. What does it matter? An hour here or an hour there... unless you're planning to buy a Kindle book specifically today.

Personally I'm not planning to buy any Amazon books in the near future. I expect I'll check still available methods when I do want to buy from them. No idea when that will be.
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Well after being disconnected 3 times I managed to get Amazons customer services email address so I will be making an official complaint about the removal of download and transfer.

Interestingly the last lady on the chat was very helpful, she just gave me the email address no trying to avoid the issue, but when I said why I wanted to make a complaint she apologised and said that the technical team was trying to resolve the issue - now did she misunderstand what I was complaining about or is maybe Amazon going to backtrack from this decision?
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