Thread: Ethics and legalities of format shifting
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Old 01-02-2021, 04:18 PM   #56
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Here's a good overview of the Canadian approach to format shifting: Michael Geist's blog post on the matter.

It *is* illegal to break digital locks here, which, imho, is rampant stupidity. However, in the absence of DRM (TOR ebooks, Baen, numerous others) format shifting is perfectly legal.
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