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Old 11-24-2010, 11:49 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by 44Dave View Post
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.
But what we do not kno is if it is illegal to try to trump fair use or not. So until it is decide din a court of law, we won't know if DRM stripping is legal or not.
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