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Originally Posted by Quoth
That's what Amazon's lawyers would argue. But if it walks and quacks like a duck? Also see comment about "personal documents".
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I think you're conflating DRM with copy protection. All DRM is copy protection, but not all copy protection is DRM.
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Why no easy to use local converter from pdf/doc/docx/mobi/epub/azw3 to KFX on Mac/iOS/Android/Windows/Linux?
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To stifle competition. The way they want us to see it, you didn't buy that Kindle reader, you bought a license to use it. Similarly, you didn't buy those books, you bought licenses to read them on Amazon-approved devices and software. Having an onerous, proprietary tool to let us make our own KFX files lets them get away with locking out competition without appearing to be a monopoly: "We're not locking out customers. See? They can convert anything they want to read on their Kindle."
(see what I did there?)