Quote:
Originally Posted by Nate the great
Here is what the copyright office says:
from:
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/2006/index.html
So if a DRMed ebook can't be run through TTS software because of the DRM, you can legally remove it. The really cool part is that it doesn't matter why you want to remove the DRM. If a title is available only in eReader, you can remove the DRM. If it is available in MSReader but has the TTS disabled, you can remove the DRM.
The K2 threatened this becuase it had the vast majority of ebook available in the US, and it could play all of them on TTS.
God bless the Author's Guild. |
I was completely wrong on this.
If I had written the exception quoted above, I would have stated who it applied to and why. They did not because the limited nature of the exception is stated in the
DMCA. Basically, you can only remove DRM from ebooks if
you need to use TTS. If you are not adversely affected by TTS being disabled, you cannot remove DRM.
I thought about not posting this. It's very likely that no one would have bothered to look up the applicable law and find my mistake. But I decided it was more important to give people the correct information.