I am owned by several dogs and cats. I have been playing non-computer roleplaying games for almost five decades. I am interested in all kinds of gadgets, particularly multitools, knives, flashlights, and pens.

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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023
  • Curious Canid@lemmy.catoTechnology@lemmy.world•Amazon will remove the option to download/transfer Kindle e-books via USB by February 2025English
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    5 days ago

    Nothing is certain, but it looks like you will still be able to download books into local memory so you can read them. As long as the apps still work that way, it will be possible to access the book files.

    You do need a tool that can remove the DRM from the books files the Kindle uses. DeDRM used to do this nicely, but it has not been updated to handle the most recent version of Kindle DRM. It will not works on any books published since early 2024.

    There are commercial options that can remove even the latest DRM from Kindle books. I use Epubor Ultimate. It was the first to handle the most recent Kindle DRM, but I’m sure there are others by now.

  • Curious Canid@lemmy.catoSelfhosted@lemmy.world•Copied from another community: "Hoarder (the name) is being stolen from me"English
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    1 month ago

    I suggest that you spend the up-front money to consult with a lawyer. A lot of them will do an initial meeting for relatively little. They will be able to give you some idea of what risk, if any is involved in this. Then you can make a better informed decision about whether to ignore this, fight, or conceded and change the name.

    I find out a few years ago that there are whole law firms out there who basically just send threatening letters for low fixed fees. They don’t litigate or even provide real legal advice. It’s one step above selling pages of their letterhead.

    You won’t know how serious these people are, or how serious their complaint is, without consulting a lawyer.

    Best of luck!