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Old 06-06-2012, 08:06 PM   #152
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Originally Posted by ApK View Post
In the US, the DMCA has wording that may seem to make any circumvention of DRM illegal, but courts have disagreed on the meaning, and there is other language in the law that gives reason to disagree on the scope.
Terms of Service often contain "only on the one device" language but TOSes that try to unfairly infringe on consumer's rights are likely to be unenforceable.
APK that would be my general understanding of the operation of Consumer Law in Aus as well.

However, I'm unsure how 'tested' it is.

In the meantime it seems that if there is no legal clarification or actual statute on reading your purchased ebook on any device it seems to me that one can not be in violation for doing so.
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