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Originally Posted by Dulin's Books
The OPs question isnt about buying. It's about borrowing from a library. He's trying to use a Library book that isnt created to work on a Kindle device. Stripping the DRM from a Library book allows the person to keep a copy of the book when they "return" it just as if they sat at a copier and made a whole copy from a paper library edition one page at a time. That is not permitted by copyright law.
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I don't know exactly what is and is not permitted by law;
Having said that, I find "stripping the DRM from a Library book" an arbitrary point in the intellectual property theft chain to focus on.
My personal opinion is that it should be fine to strip the DRM to read a library book on a device other than that for which it was intended; nobody loses a sale, the library copy remains intact, etc. I would say the legal focus should be on what one does with that eBook when the lending period expires. I would not object if the DRM-stripper, upon finishing the book or "returning" it, simply deleted it from his device. No harm, no foul.
As for "allowing" a person to keep a copy of the book when they "return" it, the reality is having the software available for free download means--by the same reasoning above (that "possible" = "allowed")--it is already "allowed" for all patrons even before they borrow a book. But, if the reasoning focuses on ACTUALLY keeping a copy of the book, then DRM's are irrelevant.