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Originally Posted by Robotech_Master
If Abbey House says "You can use Calibre to remove DRM," and someone google "Calibre remove DRM" and finds Apprentice Alf, installs the plug-in into Calibre, and subsequently removes the DRM, was Abbey House wrong? How did they not use Calibre as part of that DRM removal process?
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The problem is that blaming Calibre is somewhat dishonest.
Publishers may not like calibre because it is a library management tool that does stuff that they do not approve of, but DRM removal is not a part of the package. To my knowledge, calibre's website doesn't even acknowledge the ability to remove DRM with third-party tools and such tools are not listed in calibre's plug-in manager. If anything they go out of their way to suggest ways of buying DRM-free books.
The situation is more analogous to someone connecting two VCRs together to copy videocassettes. It's not part of the integrated functionality of a VCR. The VCR would operate according to its design without adding the second VCR. There are both legitimate and infringing uses in this two VCR scenario (just as there are with DRM removal). Even though it is a possibility, vendor's wouldn't promote or even acknowledge the infringing uses.