Amazon recentlythreatened the smackdownon a site pop the question educational activity on how to trick the Kindle into read other type of files . This is n’t a motion of copyright misdemeanor , it ’s a question of ascendence .
Amazon invoked the decennary - one-time Digital Millenium Copyright Act , or DMCA , as test copy of the wrongdoing of a Russian hack who find a way to view non - proprietary file on the Kindle . Interestingly , they go after a site that provided instructions on how to use the hack , rather than the personal site where the software is actually hosted . The software , kindlepid.py , allows e - al-Qur’an purchase legally from other stores to make for nice with the Kindle , which admittedly chouse Amazon ’s gameplan a bit . But should Amazon really be able to sue someone for increasing the functionality of their twist ? We ’re conflicted . [ Mobile River ReadviaCNET ]
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