Thread: "Most e-books in The Netherlands are not paid for."
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Old 02-12-2014, 05:56 AM   #155
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Originally Posted by Mivo View Post
In Germany, the situation is somewhat peculiar. There are two somewhat contradictory regulations: One grants the right to make backup copies of media that you own (without restrictions other than "for personal use only"), and one that forbids circumventing DRM. With a bit of mental acrobatics, one could justify that an ebook is a backup of a paper book, because the content is the same, and by downloading a DRM-disinfected version I wouldn't circumvent the DRM bits of the ebook (already comes stripped).
Do you really think that one could regard an ebook as a "backup" of a paper book? It seems improbable to me. It would be like claiming that a paperback book is a "backup" of a hardback. It's a completely different medium.
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