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Originally Posted by ApK
This is another meaningless non-issue. DRM or no, ebook or paper, you NEVER own someone else's copyrighted intellectual property. Read the copyright page of any paper book you own. You have limited rights to do certain things with the content.
You can burn the paper, you can delete file, they are yours, but the "book" never is yours unless you hold the copyright.
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I can tell you 100% for sure that when I buy a physical book - I own the book and can do whatever I want to the "book". That's not the case when you buy a DRM eBook - you're not allowed to alter it in anyway. I think you're missing the point here. When you buy a DRMed eBook it's like checking it out from a library, you don't really own the book (I'm not talking about the copyrights). This is a
very real issue and telling people otherwise is just a flat out lie. You can remove the DRM but that's breaking the law and/or the agreement made by the eBook seller. Some are comfortable removing the DRM while others are not. That's a user choice. I'm just saying that if you want to play by the rules there's no way you can get eBooks purchased on Amazon onto another eReader - that's fact and a real issue that people face.
I'm for no one eReader, just that people should be able to use the eBooks they purchase on any eReader they decide to use. This is a real issue for those that wish to leave and/or join the Amazon eBook and/or Kindle community. I don't say that to discourage people from buying a Kindle or from using the Amazon eBook store. Rather that they are informed about what they are getting into since most don't know until after the fact.
If you care to reference what Calibre has to say about DRM you can find their
link here. Their solution is to go DRM free, which I agree with but is probably very unlikely to happen or at least years away from happening.