{"id":96962,"date":"2009-12-23T18:47:12","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T23:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2009\/12\/23\/amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being\/"},"modified":"2009-12-23T18:47:12","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T23:47:12","slug":"amazon-kindle-gets-its-drm-stripped-for-the-time-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/96962","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Kindle gets its DRM stripped (for the time being)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If there is one near universal gripe folks have with the Kindle, it’s the DRM-laden files. It’s no wonder, then, that the thing has been a lightning rod for the “information wants to be free crowd,” almost since the beginning. Sure, we’ve seen Mobipocket<\/a>, .epub, and .pdf files<\/a> used on the device, but if you really<\/em> want to bedevil Bezos the thing to do would be to altogether circumvent the DRM from your Amazon e-books — and it looks like an Israeli hacker named Labba has done just that. For the time being, the hack, which allows you to convert your legally obtained e-books to unencrypted PDF files, is available as a Python script. We’re sure that the process will be streamlined for us civilians soon enough — let’s just hope that it happens before the hole gets plugged and your e-reader auto-updated. This is one way to keep hold of your legally purchased Orwell<\/a>, eh?<\/div>\n

Amazon Kindle gets its DRM stripped (for the time being)<\/a> originally appeared on Engadget<\/a> on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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