Thread: DRM and Purchasing?
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Old 03-31-2016, 05:27 PM   #53
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Originally Posted by murg View Post
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.
On the copyright question, you can copy books or parts of books for your OWN personal use. It is illegal to sell said copies. Pattern books and patterns are frequently copied to keep from messing up the original.
Note on cross stitch patterns, the copies are usually not reusable.
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