[LINK] Amazon blocks unauthorised Kindle tool

[Richard Chirgwin]

<rc> The first task of the e-book reader is to leg-rope the user. Any
utilitarian function is incidental. </rc>

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41929

As some of you may already know, this week we received a DMCA take-down
notice from Amazon requesting the removal of the tool kindlepid.py and
instructions associated with it. Although we never hosted this tool
(contrary to their claim), nor believe that this tool is used to remove
technological measures (contrary to their claim), we decided, due to the
vagueness of the DMCA law and our intention to remain in good relation
with Amazon, to voluntarily follow their request and remove links and
detailed instructions related to it.

A quick backgrounder: kindlepid.py is a small Python script allowing you
to derive a Mobipocket-compatible personal identifier (PID) for your
Kindle reader. This PID in itself has nothing at all to do with reading
any copyrighted content. It is only used to make legitimate e-book
purchases at stores other than Amazon's.

We believe in the freedom of speech and we encourage you to continue
expressing your views and thoughts on tools like kindlepid.py. We only
ask you not to provide any how-to instructions, source codes and/or
links for obtaining kindlepid.py.

We would like to remind you to apply common sense when using the private
message system, and not to use it for sharing information how to obtain
or use kindlepid.py. We stress that we respect your privacy and that we
do not monitor private messages.

Lastly, I would like to ask you for assistance and to contact us - using
the report post feature for example - should you detect content that
might not follow the guideline above.

Thank you for your understanding!

Alexander