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Regardless of this ruling, remember when Tor first went DRM free and there was the problem of some stores not setup correctly to deliver Redshirts DRM free? Both John Scalzi (the author) and tor advocated the use the the DRM removal tools. Basically, they gave permission for the DRM to be removed.
What that did was basically legitimize the DRM removal tools. This ruling just basically goes down the same path (IMHO). Nobody was ever saying it's OK to strip the DRM and then distribute the eBooks. But you know it's going to be shared among some friends and family regardless. It's the sharing on the net to anyone who can find it that's the issue.
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