http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/ Engadget Comments for Amazon Kindle gets its DRM stripped (for the time being) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 23rd 2009 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 23rd 2009 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/
Also, it is important to note that only .mobi based books can be decrypted, not TOPAZ (this is nothing new either).

And it doesn't get converted to PDF, the DRM just gets moved and you get an unencrypted .mobi file to be used with any device that can read Mobipocket material.]]>Dec 23rd 2009 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/
BTW, there is a set of perl scripts doing the rounds that will convert the deDRMed .mobi files into HTML, PDF and a couple of other formats. They're easy to find with a bit of Googling.]]>Dec 23rd 2009 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 23rd 2009 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 23rd 2009 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 23rd 2009 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 24th 2009 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 23rd 2009 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 23rd 2009 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 23rd 2009 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 23rd 2009 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 23rd 2009 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/
Not sure where you got that idea, Steve. If you read my post, I said "future abuse." This was meant to refer to any sort of future attempt to control the free flow of information. Enforcing a list of banned books is significantly easier when you have direct and easy control over people's collection of books.

As far as the 1984 fiasco, the proper way to handle it would have been to contact all the people who purchased it, and to ask them for permission for Amazon to take it off their Kindles. Preferably, giving the user the option to initiate the "return" from their end. If there was some legal issue with a book you bought from Barnes and Nobles, would it be kosher with you if the manager of the store kicked down your door, pushed you out of the way, and stole the book you paid money for out of your house? No, of course not. Amazon has no ethical justification for doing what they did. ]]>Dec 23rd 2009 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/
Is that so much to ask!]]>Dec 23rd 2009 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/
You mean color e-ink? It's in development.]]>Dec 23rd 2009 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/
Might as well ask for a pony. A magic pony!]]>Dec 23rd 2009 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Boy version of a pony, and you know some girls do get a pony, so there's hope.
]]>Dec 23rd 2009 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/
Pwnies!]]>Dec 24th 2009 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/ I will support DRM when it gives me the convenience of physical media.
The kindle sound interesting. I will get one when i can loan a book to my friends. You know, like i can now with meatspace books. I still believe that DRM is there to harass people willing to play by the rules.]]>Dec 23rd 2009 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 23rd 2009 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 23rd 2009 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 23rd 2009 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/]]>Dec 23rd 2009 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 27th 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 24th 2009 4:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 24th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/
Does anyone understand that most writers spend years and years of their time on books? Why do you believe that you should get them for free? Because they are just small, easily obtainable digital files?]]>Dec 24th 2009 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 24th 2009 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/
If you value not being vendor locked, go with the Sony (quite ironic for me to say this about a tradionally proprietary company).]]>Dec 24th 2009 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/Dec 27th 2009 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/23/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being/
It would take a bit of time, but you'd end up with a pretty good text file that would be a snap to edit/correct.]]>Dec 25th 2009 3:09AM