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Originally Posted by tompe
The DRM is also supposed to prevent it to be used on a Kindle.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
If I have a Mobipocket eBook that has say 2 PIDs in it and I can view it with Mobipocket Reader and then I change the document type (one of the PIDs is for the Kindle) to say this can be viewed with a Kindle, I've just changed the DRM. I can no longer view it with Mobipocket Reader. So in effect, I have just changed the DRM. I have prevented this eBook from being read on the devices it was meant to be read on based on the PID and document type.
The DRM is no longer the same DRM it was before. The DRM tells me what I can and cannot read the eBook with. Changing just the document type is changing the DRM's permission. So in effect, you have changed the DRM to allow Overdrive Mobipocket eBooks to be viewed on a Kindle.
Persoanlly, I do not see any difference to changing the DRM to allow the eBook to be viewed on a Kindle as opposed to reading it with Mobipocket Reader. For library eBooks, the DRM is still going to expire so it cannot be read bast it's allowed time. But legally, this may not be acceptable.
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This is where I am having the problem. With the idea that a document may only be viewed "on the devices it was meant to be read on." I purchase a DVD, meant to be viewed on a television, but I choose to view it on my computer. I'm am failing to see how the filmmaker, or the company that produced the DVD would be harmed by my decision. Even if I had to create a crack that allowed me to view the DVD on my computer, I would still have to purchase the DVD in order to view it.
The logic behind the law is really making me wonder about whether or not the lawmakers have any connection to the real world. Are they honestly that stupid??
And, seriously, I had someone try to argue (on the phone with me yesterday evening) that it is a violation of the DMCA to invite friends over to watch a DVD on my television because the license I purchased when I bought that DVD was personal to me only .... and did not extend to guests in my home. In addition, it was their contention that it was a violation of the DMCA for me to loan my DVD, or my iPod, or my Kindle to someone else.
To me .... that's a crap argument. You might as well say that lending libraries are illegal.