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Originally Posted by wallcraft
There are now plug-ins for Calibre that strip the DRM when the ebook is imported into Calibre. The stand alone tools for DRM stripping are also still available, but if you are using Calibre the plug-ins are generally the best approach.
It is probably not illegal in the US to strip DRM from ebooks you bought in order to read them on a device you own, see DRM: What did you buy? (An Essay.). |
Thanks,
I'm aware of
... but yes, removing DRM protection, here in USA, it is still illegal.
I am not a DRM protection fan, but the reason why they want to make it illegal is that the book is sold to you; removing the DRM protection allows the user copy or re-distribute the same book to others that have not paid for it, on such cases you are violating USA copyright act and because there is no way for publishers to know if you are going to keep it for yourself only or not, they take no chances and create that silly law.
EDIT: and I want to clarify that even without removing you can copy or move the ebook to a different user's environment, but the DRM protection makes it unusable, at least not outside of the original device or user environment.