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ProfCrash · 02-27-2012, 08:08 AM

BrainDead, I understand that you want an EPub reader. I do not want people to get the wrong idea about the Kindle and one of the most repeated myths is that the Kindle is locked in. If I see that, I point out that it is not and explain why. It normally leads to others who believe said myth trying to explain why I, or who ever it is who points out that the myth is wrong, explaining why it is a myth and not fact. My apologies if this derailed your thread.

The legality of stripping DRM depends on the country and how the law in a given country is interpreted. There are some countries were it is legal to remove DRM, I have no idea which countries fall into this category. I do know that people have posted that it is legal in their country. There are countries where it is illegal, I believe the UK is one. There are countries where it is a grey area, such as the US.

In pretty much every case, stripping DRM is a violation of the Terms of Service for the website you buy the e-book from.

If it is illegal and a violation of the TOS why do people risk it? Well, first someone has to catch you doing it. Which means you have to announce you are doing it and then they have to be able to prove it or they have to some how get onto your computer and prove that you have done it. In most countries that is a bit tricky to do and is it really worth the Police or a Companies time to invest in the detective work to prove anything?

Why do people do it? Because they believe that there is a fair use clause when you by any good, a CD, book, movie that allows them to make personal copies. So you can take a CD and rip MP3's legally. You can buy a paper book and photocopy it or scan it. Why shouldn't you be able to take your e-book and be able to put it on a different device if you want to.

No one I know who advocates removing DRM does so in order to make the book available on Pirate sites. Pirating an e-book is illegal and wrong. Removing DRM so that my books are available to me if I choose to move from a Kindle to a Nook or vice versa is, to me, like taking my paper books, packing them in a box, and moving them to my new apartment or bringing them to the office.

02-27-2012, 08:08 AM	#24
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	BrainDead, I understand that you want an EPub reader. I do not want people to get the wrong idea about the Kindle and one of the most repeated myths is that the Kindle is locked in. If I see that, I point out that it is not and explain why. It normally leads to others who believe said myth trying to explain why I, or who ever it is who points out that the myth is wrong, explaining why it is a myth and not fact. My apologies if this derailed your thread. The legality of stripping DRM depends on the country and how the law in a given country is interpreted. There are some countries were it is legal to remove DRM, I have no idea which countries fall into this category. I do know that people have posted that it is legal in their country. There are countries where it is illegal, I believe the UK is one. There are countries where it is a grey area, such as the US. In pretty much every case, stripping DRM is a violation of the Terms of Service for the website you buy the e-book from. If it is illegal and a violation of the TOS why do people risk it? Well, first someone has to catch you doing it. Which means you have to announce you are doing it and then they have to be able to prove it or they have to some how get onto your computer and prove that you have done it. In most countries that is a bit tricky to do and is it really worth the Police or a Companies time to invest in the detective work to prove anything? Why do people do it? Because they believe that there is a fair use clause when you by any good, a CD, book, movie that allows them to make personal copies. So you can take a CD and rip MP3's legally. You can buy a paper book and photocopy it or scan it. Why shouldn't you be able to take your e-book and be able to put it on a different device if you want to. No one I know who advocates removing DRM does so in order to make the book available on Pirate sites. Pirating an e-book is illegal and wrong. Removing DRM so that my books are available to me if I choose to move from a Kindle to a Nook or vice versa is, to me, like taking my paper books, packing them in a box, and moving them to my new apartment or bringing them to the office.