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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Fair Use does not include library eBooks.
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It most certainly does, but fair use has nothing to do with this issue.
Fair use concerns how you may use someone else's copyrighted material. For example, can you reprint part of a copyrighted book in a review? Fair use doctrine says you probably can, and it does not matter whether that material came from a hardback from the book store, or a borrowed library e-book.
As the DMCA indicates, and the fifth circuit court recently made clear, the provision in the law that prohibits cirvumventing DRM only applies if that circumvention is for the purpose of a COPYRIGHT violation. Since you HAVE the right to read your copy of the borrowed ebook for x days, then stripping DRM ONLY for the purpose of enabling the rights you are entitled to is NOT a violation of the law.
No one is endorsing or suggesting using any copyrighted material in a manner that violates copyright.
I've said this before, and we've cited the law and the court decision elsewhere more than once.
ApK