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Originally Posted by Mostly Math
What if you had a friend in the US (or wherever the ebook is available) set up an account in their own name, using their own CC and whatnot, purchase the book for you. They would download it onto their computer, then email it to you. Would that work, even if it was DRMed? And if it did work, would it be considered legal? This is assuming that they would then delete the download, and not authorize the book on their own reader.
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For someone like me who buys a lot of e-books such a solution would not really work. But the real problem would be DRM.
This would work with the B&N DRM because those books are not tied to a software or hardware ID. You would have to type in your friend's credit card number and name to open the first book. The following books would just open.
Kindle books are tied to the hardware ID of the reader. You would have to register your Kindle to your friend's Kindle account. And he would have to manage your books in his account.
Adobe Epub books are tied to the Adobe ID. You would have to register your PC en e-reader to your friend's Adobe ID, which means that you would not be able to use an Adobe ID of your own.
Sharing books this way is legal, but B&N's DRM is only one that makes sharing books this way easy.