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Indulis · 10-16-2011, 11:03 PM

So, to make sure you only download books which are licensed to your country, do not use a VPN like AlwaysVPN to connect to Amazon.

It would be interesting to also download a "free sample" chapter which is available for many books to see how DRM works when you try to use it.

Apparently there are ways in which you can easily remove DRM, but noone would try that- not when you can legally pay for a book and download it, then finds you are not allowed to read it on the device you want to read it on.

It is funny that various governments crow about "free trade" at the same time as allowing restrictions of trade in the electronic versions of the same "free trade" items. The Australian govt made a big deal about allowing parallel imports of books and CDs from multiple countries to break monopoly pricing and to "improve competition" just before MP3s and e-books got locked "to country".

10-16-2011, 11:03 PM	#10
Indulis Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Sony	Amazon book download checks IP address So, to make sure you only download books which are licensed to your country, do not use a VPN like AlwaysVPN to connect to Amazon. It would be interesting to also download a "free sample" chapter which is available for many books to see how DRM works when you try to use it. Apparently there are ways in which you can easily remove DRM, but noone would try that- not when you can legally pay for a book and download it, then finds you are not allowed to read it on the device you want to read it on. It is funny that various governments crow about "free trade" at the same time as allowing restrictions of trade in the electronic versions of the same "free trade" items. The Australian govt made a big deal about allowing parallel imports of books and CDs from multiple countries to break monopoly pricing and to "improve competition" just before MP3s and e-books got locked "to country".