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Old 05-09-2008, 04:19 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by simonp View Post
Is this a hard and fast forum rule?

Most sources of "illegal" digital books (read: p2p networks), could also be assumed to have substantial "legal" digital books as well.

One can't point out sources of legal books if there's a chance these sources might also have illegal books?
I included Silk Pagoda in the list of sources. At one time, they sold some Doc Savage ebooks which were the subject of a copyright dispute. I completely ignored the dispute. The forum monitors can't expect folks to know all the copyright timelines in all the countries of the world.

Thus:

a) Some warez site of books pirated from the Sony Store = not something you should put on the forum.
b) Some ebook site that might have a book or two that's got a questionable provenience = OK
c) Software tool for removing DRM = gray area as it depends on the country you're in.
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