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Originally Posted by Lemurion
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.
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I definitely agree it would be wrong if I kept it.
The DRM is there to make sure I don't keep it. I'm not keeping it, so no harm, no foul.
To me, this is no different from when you go in for a procedure at the hospital and they give you a form to fill out.
You have to agree to a lot of things, but if you ask your doctor, he'll often tell you you can ignore some of those prohibitions, leave out some data, or even skip some of the prep.
Respecting intent and high ethics are more important than following technicalities, imo.