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Billi · 08-19-2014, 04:36 PM

This is a very old example from 2009:

http://www.zdnet.de/41001742/amazon-...er-kindle-vor/

Sorry, the article is in German, but it says that Amazon took legal pressure against MobileRead because the forum had a link to a tool to remove drm. It may be an old example, it may be a small example, but it shows that some companies will take action against anything drm-removal and I'm afraid there have been more actions like this "behind the scene".

So, perhaps the "double standard" is the best possible compromise.

08-19-2014, 04:36 PM	#73
Billi Wizard Posts: 3,388 Karma: 14190103 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	This is a very old example from 2009: http://www.zdnet.de/41001742/amazon-...er-kindle-vor/ Sorry, the article is in German, but it says that Amazon took legal pressure against MobileRead because the forum had a link to a tool to remove drm. It may be an old example, it may be a small example, but it shows that some companies will take action against anything drm-removal and I'm afraid there have been more actions like this "behind the scene". So, perhaps the "double standard" is the best possible compromise. Last edited by Billi; 08-19-2014 at 04:38 PM.