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Originally Posted by Respigi
I want to thank everyone for replying altho` some of the contributions e.g. from susan cassidy and FizzyWater and statements like 13 out of 14 people know about DRM raises questions.
I (ignorant as I may be) knew nothing about DRMs . My local library was happy to make thousands of free ebooks available to me. There was also many free sites doing this. Now I find it is whispered about and not paying for all your boooks and their DRMs is like some antisocial misbehavior.
But I`m learning and love my Kobo
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Everybody starts out ignorant.
Not a problem; staying ignorant by not asking questions, that is a problem.
When in doubt, ask away.
The main thing when paying for ebooks is to only pay at reputable stores. Depending on your locality, those might include the big guys (Amazon, Apple, Kobo, Google) or local players like Nook or Tolino, etc...
There are also a lot of scammers trying to sell books they don't have the right to sell but those almost always are DRM-free, so in a sad and annoying way, DRM is most often a badge of legality.
Now, library ebooks are a different category because they're not sold, only loaned, and only meant to be read on approved devices and applications, which varies from system to system and publisher to publisher.
Removing DRM from books you buy outright for personal use is generally considered Fair Use (though not strictly legal or illegal in all locations--it is a grayish area) but removing DRM on library books is not considered proper behavior. There is plenty of help for the former but none for the latter, not even from the creators/maintainers of the DEM removal tools.
It would help a lot if you specified which store you are having issues with and (if you don't mind) what region you are in. There's people here from all over and most are quite willing to help. We're all readers here.
