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Originally Posted by chaley
In the US, the DCMA act says it is illegal to remove DRM for any reason. This conflicts with fair use exceptions because the lobbyists that bought DCMA from Congress didn't want any loopholes. Furthermore, if you read the agreement that came with those books you bought you will find that you own nothing. You have rented the possibility to read the books only if the vendor continues to grant you that possibility.
You are welcome to do whatever you want to remove any DRM infestation. However, as theducks said, we cannot discuss it here.
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I get it, totally. I guess the whole "Purchase", "check out" and "PAY" part of "Purchasing the books" masks the fact that its a rental.....
Typically, any type of rental is done via "rental agreement" or "lease", but on amazon - you PURCHASE the books.
Anyhow - forget drying to remove DRM. It cant be discussed here so I wont.
All I want to do is to read the books using the software of my choice. That's not misuse if I have "rented" the book, is it? Seems to me that not putting a LOCK on a rental book forcing you to you specific software is illegal? isn't it?
Lisa L.