Thread: DRM confusion
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Old 11-21-2010, 01:20 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by paolamanzini View Post
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To me, it does not make sense, and if you have rightfully purchased the book, you should have the right to read it wherever you like. Amazon, if I understand this correctly, only allows you to read it on either Kindle or some backlit device (be it a pc, or an ipad, or an iphone), but not on another reader. So, a point also made somewhat differently already, it seems to me their point is really one of pushing the budle kindle+ebooks, i.e. to lock you in to amazon.
And you have nailed the point far more eloquently than I. What the heck difference does it make what device I choose to read it on.. regardless whether I've purchased the ebook or borrowed it from the library?

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Originally Posted by mr ploppy View Post
It would be a bit muddier for the Kindle (and maybe other devices that are tied to one ebook shop). It is against the Amazon user agreement to remove DRM from anything you buy from them, and I would guess that they would have some way of checking when you go online with it.
So by this, I would infer that I could legally use Calibre to strip DRM from library ebooks to read on the K3? But just not strip DRM from purchased books? (why would I want to?)

Also, how can I tell if an ebook in question is DRM or not? Is there some way to tell before I d/l it?

(Since I haven't d/l any books ... don't even have an ereader yet... I'm assuming this is how it works).

While I prefer not to have to jump through hoops to get the ebook on my device, I'm enough of a geek that I'm comfortable doing so but don't want to run afoul of the legal issues... whatever they may be.

Thus far I've checked into a few titles that my daughter has bought and read (paperbacks) and the ebook price may be $1 less than the paperback. Yikes. That's not exactly encouraging either. Also, some of it is available from the library and some is not. Whereas I typically read a book once and am done with it, she loves to read a favorite book over and over again. (I'm shopping for her for a Christmas gift and am becoming intrigued by the ereaders myself.)

I gather I missed all the hoopla earlier in the year when the Agency crap hit the fan resulting in higher ebook pricing.
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