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Originally Posted by ottdmk
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. |
But the question that's not been tested in court is if Fair Use trumps DRM removal blocking law. Fair Use was around first. For all we know, the law could be what's illegal.