“Primarily, I view DRM as an unnecessary restriction on legitimate freedoms, such as fair use of copyrighted material,” the hacker said in an e-mail exchange. ’s Kindle e-book reader is coming under assault by hackers, who say they’ve figured out ways to export protected content for use on other devices.Īmazon sells content for the Kindle in an “.azw” format, some of which is has DRM (digital rights management) technology, which prevents a file from being transferred to an unauthorized device.īut one blogger, who goes by the handle “I love cabbages,” with a heart to designate “love,” developed a program called “Unswindle” that can convert books stored in the Kindle for PC application into a different file format that can then be imported to another device.
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