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Originally Posted by Neil
If, hypothetically, I should mention that I buy books from Fictionwise and strip the DRM to use on my Kindle, would I thus be (hypothetically) admitting to breaking a law?
Does anyone know?
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As I think Harry says nobody knows even whether it is actually illegal to remove DRM on books one has bought as long as one does not resell or otherwise break copyright - there are laws and acts of parliament, but they've never been tested in court so far as I know.
I think myself that any prosecutions for removing DRM from ebooks one has bought and keeps for oneself would fail because no one could prove
harm to the original vendor - or indeed to anyone else.
For what it is worth I have indicated or hinted several times that I have removed DRM, and so far haven't come to any harm.
Regards, Alex