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How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM

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Re: How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM

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Post by braiamp »

lutusp wrote: post #205
semiquaver wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Being found not guilty supports my contention. But that case was about distributing circumvention software, not traditional speech. Obviously distributing software that bypasses DRM is directly addressed by the law.

> Being found not guilty supports my contention. Not necessarily. A cynical modern legal strategy is to bombard people with frivolous legal actions that only the well-heeled can afford. Defendants can argue that claims are baseless or frivolous, but to make that argument, they must hire a lawyer and appear in court. To see my point, look at the number of frivolous prosecutions now being launched by ... ah, never mind…

> A cynical modern legal strategy is to bombard people with frivolous legal actions that only the well-heeled can afford

Why only describe them and not go for the easiest example: Nintendo.

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Post by WalterBright »

sphars wrote: post #183
WalterBright wrote: post #145

EARTH TO AMAZON EARTH TO AMAZON PLEASE MAKE THE LAST PAGE READ BE THE KINDLE SCREEN DISPLAY WHEN POWERED OFF END OF TRANSMISSION

Probably discussed elsewhere but you can do this if you jailbreak your Kindle, and either install one of the screensaver hacks or install KOReader and set the last page as your screensaver. A good guide to get started is at https://kindlemodding.org/

Thank you for the instructions. But it's really something that Amazon should do. Their power off screen is quite useless and gets really really old after a while.

Re: How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM

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Post by jonas21 »

nocchedure wrote: post #138

The Github repo (which was working for me until 5 mins ago) just 404'ed. https://github.com/PixelMelt/amazon_book_downloader Kind of expected, but I was surprised at how quick that was.

I assume the author is reading the comments here and decided it would be in their best interest to make the repo private.

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Post by latexr »

zoom6628 wrote: post #198

Can't Amazon be sued for false advertising by having "buy" on the button when it is actually "rent"? #justasking genuine question on interpretation of the term in USA.

And while you’re at it, do you expect to sue Steam, and the App Stores, and most other digital marketplaces owned by billionaire corporations? You’re not going to win those lawsuits with such a flimsy argument.

They could just as well argue that you are not buying the book, but a license to access it under certain conditions. A movie theatre is a comparable example: You say you bought a ticket, not that you rented access to the movie, but it’s only valid for one specific viewing despite being a sale.

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Post by Fnoord »

chatmasta wrote: post #192
LoganDark wrote: post #189

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, looks like it's been removed. It used to be at https://github.com/PixelMelt/amazon_book_downloader

Aww that’s disappointing. Fun project.

Is this the code? https://github.com/gudvardur/amazon_book_downloader

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Post by wkat4242 »

aidenn0 wrote: post #191
wkat4242 wrote: post #33

Me too. When they removed the option to download books I liberated everything I had ever bought, moved to Kavita+koreader and will never buy a kindle book again. I jailbroke both kindles. And use koreader on them which now supports progress sync with Kavita which is amazing! So I don't really lose functionality.

I will have to look into kavita; I already use koreader for my reading.

Kavita was mainly designed as a comic reader, but it has recently invested a lot of time into epub quality of life features, I can recommend it. It already supported epub but lately it feels more like a first class citizen.

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Post by wkat4242 »

mikkupikku wrote: post #96
wkat4242 wrote: post #33

Me too. When they removed the option to download books I liberated everything I had ever bought, moved to Kavita+koreader and will never buy a kindle book again. I jailbroke both kindles. And use koreader on them which now supports progress sync with Kavita which is amazing! So I don't really lose functionality.

Calibre loading books over wifi using KOreader made the jailbreak process worth it for me. My next will be a kobo or whatever else can run KOreader without hassle.

Yeah I'm not saying to buy a kindle to use KOReader. I just had the kindles and didn't really want to get rid of them, it saved me having to buy new hardware.
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