MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Librarian of Congress says ebook DRM circumvision legal?

Rich_D · 08-11-2010, 11:17 AM

I see all the posts on this topic and at some point we have to ask ourselves, "Does it really matter?"

I have a nook, if there is a book I can only find at Amazon, I have no problem buying it, stripping the drm and loading it to my nook. I'm not sharing it, I didn't steal it, the publisher gets their money, the author gets their royalty and I can read the book that I legally purchased.

I guess it might open the door to let people sell software to strip DRMs or take it a step further in eliminating DRMs.

Either way, I'll continue doing what I'm doing and won't lose sleep over it.

08-11-2010, 11:17 AM	#4
Rich_D Fanatic Posts: 581 Karma: 1314896 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA Device: Android phone, Kobo Glo HD, nook ST with Glo (backup)	Does it really matter anymore? I see all the posts on this topic and at some point we have to ask ourselves, "Does it really matter?" I have a nook, if there is a book I can only find at Amazon, I have no problem buying it, stripping the drm and loading it to my nook. I'm not sharing it, I didn't steal it, the publisher gets their money, the author gets their royalty and I can read the book that I legally purchased. I guess it might open the door to let people sell software to strip DRMs or take it a step further in eliminating DRMs. Either way, I'll continue doing what I'm doing and won't lose sleep over it.