Thread: DRM and Purchasing?
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Old 03-31-2016, 04:51 PM   #52
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Originally Posted by issybird View Post
MR permits general discussions regarding stripping DRM from content that one has purchased for oneself. We do not, however, allow discussions of methods for doing so and we especially do not condone discussions of stripping DRM from content purchased by someone else, which is piracy. I'd like to ask everyone to keep both these points in mind.
This brings up an interesting question.

If the displaying device un-DRMs the content legitimately, as it is designed to do, and you then capture the content using an external device (or a feature in the displaying device itself) is that stripping the DRM?

I did originally write that "I'll agree it may be bypassing it, but I don't believe that it is 'stripping the DRM'", but now that I think of it, it isn't bypassing the DRM. The DRM is working as intended, and this situation is exactly the same making a copy of a physical book.

I'm limiting my comment to 'stripping DRM'. I agree that making a copy of a physical book (and scanning the displayed text) may run afoul of the copyright laws wherever you are.
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