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Old 03-26-2008, 01:54 PM   #285
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
Actually, LRF is simply the binary compiled form of an "open" XML format (LRS) that SONY has published. The DRM enabled format from SONY is LRX. No tool on this site, libprs500 included, deals with LRX. As far as I know, the DMCA makes it illegal to circumvent copy protection. LRF has no copy protection. Again as far as I know, most DMCA like laws, including the DMCA itself don't make format shifting, or time shifting illegal.
I'd be curious where this format is, because in a letter I wrote to Sony asking them stated it was not an open protocol in the slightest, in any format. I've been working myself on a few programs to convert my friend's blogs into something readable on the Reader. They stated I was more than welcome to use txt or pdf.

They also sounded like they really didn't know how to answer my question.

As for the DMCA making it illegal to circumvent copy protection.. it also contains language that make it illegal to circumvent device access. It's been used successfully, ironically, by Sony.. to take down instructions on how to modify the firmware of the PSP game system.
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