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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Is print media a TPM?
To me it appears as if books are DRM-free, much like LPs and OTA TV; you can do pretty much anything to them for your own personal use. (A corollary of the Betamax decision as far as the US goes. And the Aerio victories in court, to date.)
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Whatever the law does or doesn't say, the reality is that you can already do whatever the heck you want with your own stuff. Nobody's ever been prosecuted for doing so, or ever likely to be. It's only when people start being idiotic and giving copies to other people that problems arise.