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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
I am sure the moderator will chime in. But because stripping DRM is a questionable legal practice (it depends on what country you are in), it is not something that you are allowed to post information on in the forums other than basically acknowledging that it can be done.
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So the legality of stripping DRM is questionable since MR forum does not allow posting of such sites. In fact, it was noted that from the archive posts, Amazon issued a legal notice to MobileRead.com in 2009 complaining that information relating to a computer utility written in the Python programming language "constitutes a violation" of the DMCA. The site since voluntarily followed their request and removed links and detailed instructions related to it.
It is obvious from Amazon’s legal threat to MR that they do not design their kindle for open format nor do they endorse such practice of stripping DRM. If the kindle end users chose to override the intentional format restrictions imposed by Amazon through evading the copy right DRM without any concerns on the legal or ethical implications of said practice, it is a matter of their personal preference. However, there are others who feel otherwise and chose not to bother with such a company or with such a device, their choice should be respected by the community too. Anyway, the debate of stripping DRM from either purchased or library books is really OFF topic since the OP is requesting information on buying books for the Nook, not a defense for the short coming of the kindle.