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Originally Posted by wread
1) Removing DRM from a checked-out library book is not "copying".
2) This is not an act of piracy.
You guys on the "removing DRM is bad" argument are forgetting that the author has been paid, and the user of the book is not reselling it, nor letting friends borrow it, nor posting it online, etc.
DRM is only there to prevent copies from being made and distributed or resold, not to keep the original purchaser from enjoying the product the way they want.
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By removing the DRM, you now have a copy of the book unconnected to the copy bought by the library (not you). If it's not copying, then what do you call it?
The library bought the book with the intent of lending it to one person at a time. The publisher sold the book to the library with understanding of same. Removing the DRM violates this contract.
You can argue that what you're doing is not wrong; you just can't do it by arguing you're not really doing what you're doing.