Thread: I'm regretting giving my husband a Kindle 3
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Old 01-06-2011, 01:42 AM   #181
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But the issue at hand is whether DMCA trumps fair-use or not and if not, then it isn't illegal. And if DMCA trumps fair use, we need to elect politicians willing to vote away DMCA.
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But, if you were to borrow say a DVD or an audio-book or a paper book and keep them past the due date without renewing, then you get fined. Why is it OK to keep digital library materials past the due date?

What I want to know though is if you borrow an eBook from the library, strip the DRM, read the book (no matter how long it takes), will you delete all copies of it after you are done reading?
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The reason I said 650 is that I have a strong feeling that after seeing the pearl screen of a K3, only the 650's Pearl screen will be good enough.
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They don't have a Pearl screen. So they may not be acceptable.
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But the DMCA may be illegal unto itself for trying to trounce fair use. We just don't know. So saying DMCA makes it illegal to strip DRM for personal use is wrong. It is unknown if it is or is not illegal. So don't say it is as DMCA may be the illegal thing here.
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I was only listing readers with a Pearl screen that uses ADE to display ePub.
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And I was going to suggest that you look at the content that's wanting to be read and see where it's available from and decide what reader's will handle said content. Being that library eBooks are some of that content, I'd suggest sending back the K3 in favor of one that handles ePub from the library.
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But the EULA that you don't read and don't have to read and don't even get shown when you buy eBooks also says you don't have the right to strip DRM.

I had an Amazon.com long before there was a Kindle and even before Amazon started selling eBooks. I was never told or shown and made to click some box saying I've ever read the EULA for Kindle eBooks. So I'm thinking that the EULA is not really valid as I've never had to read it or even say I have. I can claim I never knew about it. I can claim Amazon didn't make it known I had to read it. So really, the EULA for most eBooks is useless.
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