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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
When it comes to pbooks the idea of copyright is a straightforward one: it's the right to make copies. In the digital world it is different and I suspect that that is because those who write the laws are computer illiterate. For example if you have an ebook on your PC and your system does an automatic backup you are making a copy of the book. Technically according to the license agreement you shouldn't have a book on such a PC.
On the bright side, not everything in the license agreement is actually enforceable.
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It's disappointing to me that by simply following the normal, accepted method of getting books from computer to ereader I have, in some small way, broken the law. Downloading a purchased book automatically puts it in ADE, then I take it from ADE to Calibre, and from Calibre it goes to my ereader. That's 3 copies already. You say technically I "shouldn't have a book on such a PC"...is there some alternative way of doing things that I completely missed somewhere that wouldn't make any copies whatsoever, besides switching to a Kindle?
I've never stripped or otherwise circumvented a DRM, not from fear of being caught but simply because it goes against my personal principles to break the law without an
extremely good reason, e.g. preventing grievous bodily harm. Wanting access to a book doesn't count. So I take pains to follow the law and deny myself access to several books I want that aren't available with DRM suitable to my device (and I'm kept from pbooks for medical reasons, and Kindle too for that matter*) and for all that, I still happen to be infringing on a copyright because the system is set up to automatically make copies.
It's discouraging to work so hard to do what's right and then find out no matter how hard you try you're still accidentally doing something that goes against your own personal values, simply because the law hasn't been updated yet to accommodate ebook realities.
*Edit: still trying to find a way around that, and have hopes I will one of these days...