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Originally Posted by Piper_
The thing is, the library's property is unchanged.  Even the file I downloaded is unchanged.
I'd definitely not do it if it had any effect on their property.
As it is, I see it as no different from using one of those handheld OCR/TTS vocalizers on one of their paper books so I can listen to it instead of read it. |
But the file you are reading on your Kindle is not the same as the one you downloaded from the library. It's a different format (mobi instead of epub), and has no DRM - and one thing DRM does do is make it possible to track ownership of a file - so there is no way to tell that the copy on your Kindle is indeed a library book.
Effectively you've made your own personal copy of the library book and can keep it indefinitely - which certainly violates the spirit of the agreement you made when you joined the library.
If nothing else, I would say this looks like a lot shakier legal ground than if you'd stripped the DRM from an epub you bought from Sony.
Whether you choose to do this or not is up to you, but there's no way you'll ever get the library to officially support it.