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Originally Posted by BWinmill
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.
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The details of how to remove DRM is not relevant to the case. It doesn't matter at all. The issue was Abbey House providing instructions, not the specifics of the instructions.