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Old 11-24-2010, 11:38 AM   #38
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Originally Posted by rlauzon View Post
Fact: You agreed to a abide by a license as a condition for getting an eBook. By stripping the DRM off, you have violated that license.

That is illegal. What remains to be seen is what the publishers are going to do about it.



Since what you purchased as a license, not an eBook, there is no Fair Use argument here.
Not so. I purchased 2 ebooks last week from B&N. At no time was I ever presented with a license to agree to. Ever, even while making my account.

Either way, stripping the DRM is, I think, illegal because of the DMCA which states that it is illegal to bypass DRM. THAT mess does require a lawyer to figure out.
That said, very few of my ebooks currently possess DRM in any form. If a law is unjust we are compelled to disobey.
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