EPUB and DRM

[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Probably only if the individual said they had done it, like by posting messages here or on other forums saying so.

True. Although, I doubt very many copyright holders scour the internet searching for people who have admitted stripping DRM for personal use. They're more interested in large scale distribution.

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Shaggy

True. Although, I doubt very many copyright holders scour the internet searching for people who have admitted stripping DRM for personal use. They're more interested in large scale distribution.

I'm sure you're right, but look what the wacko music industry had done to individuals!

[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by kennyc

I'm sure you're right, but look what the wacko music industry had done to individuals!

In the RIAA's case, I think they just pull random names out of the phone book and send them threatening letters.

[Hellmark]

Well, partially depends on how the tool is made, and how it works. If the encryption isn't cracked, from my understanding of it, no harm no foul.

[Shaggy]

I don't know whether or not a court would differentiate between tricking the DRM into giving you a decrypted copy versus actually breaking the encryption algorithm. I don't know how deep they would get into the technicalities, or if they would even care.

You have an interesting point though. If the DRM algorithm decrypts the content and gives you an unprotected copy (which is what it's supposed to do), does it make a difference whether that copy is output to the screen or output to a file? Or is it the companies fault that their software allows you to use it in an unintended way?

[calvin-c]

Originally Posted by HarryT

What people do with private messages is precisely that - private. Mods do NOT have access to peoples' private messages.

I'd note that there's possibly a difference between a forum Moderator & a site administrator though. Unless the PM's are encrypted I can't see how the site administrator could *not* have technical access to them. (The authority to read them is something else-the privacy policy is as binding on them as it is on others.)

[Hellmark]

Originally Posted by calvin-c

I'd note that there's possibly a difference between a forum Moderator & a site administrator though. Unless the PM's are encrypted I can't see how the site administrator could *not* have technical access to them. (The authority to read them is something else-the privacy policy is as binding on them as it is on others.)

Yeah, but the vast majority of the staff are mere mods. As far as I know, there is just the one admin.

[DawnFalcon]

Originally Posted by calvin-c

I'd note that there's possibly a difference between a forum Moderator & a site administrator though. Unless the PM's are encrypted I can't see how the site administrator could *not* have technical access to them. (The authority to read them is something else-the privacy policy is as binding on them as it is on others.)

There's a difference between "can" and "does", and indeed if an hack is used to let the admins read other people's private messages or not. I think the announcement is quite clear - no direct download links.