Thread: Rant about not getting a decent linux handheld
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geneven is offline geneven
2010-05-21 , 20:53
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Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
Wait.. is it Amazon or 3rd parties that have weakened the DRM? Or is it 3rd parties have cracked the DRM and Amazon isn't actively updating it? And what are you using to read it (FBReader, mGutenberg, PDF readers, etc..?)
It was weakened by third parties when Amazon made Kindle books easier to access using Kindle for PC.

I'm reading the books with FBReader, what else, my favorite!

There is a pause for the moment because the Amazon upgrades have meant that you have to use an earlier version of Kindle for PC to decode the books you buy, but to me the whole Kindle for PC, Kindle for this and for that is in itself a slow release of Amazon books out into the wild.

For further information, Google the words Kindle and Unswindle.

I don't want to conceal my opinion that though weakening DRM is a good idea, making it inconvenient for users to copy books and give them away (or sell them) to their friends is pretty much essential. That would doubtless be way off topic for this thread.