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Old 01-03-2011, 09:51 AM   #64
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Precisely. If you strip DRM to get rights you shouldn't have, then that's a violation. And that's exactly what you're doing when you strip library DRM - you're getting rights you shouldn't have: namely, the right to keep the book indefinitely. Whether or not you choose to exercise that right is of no relevance; the important point is that by removing the DRM you have gained a right that the copyright holder did not intend you to have.
It should also be noted that library Overdrive system also provides content in MP3 format, as well as other mobile formats that have no technological enforcement of the check-out period. They seem to have no problem with having the admonition to "delete all copies in your possession" as the sole license enforcement mechanism.
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