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Originally Posted by ottischwenk
Also very easy. If you read on two different types of devices (e.g. Kindle and Kobo), you need two different files - thus two licenses. And if you only bought one, then you withhold the amount for the second.Simply by removing DRM for whatever reason, redistribution is made possible.
And that is against the law, at least in the EU, and also punishable.
In addition, any change to the file is a violation of copyright law and a conversion from xxx to yyy means a file change.
And even if it isn't discovered, it doesn't change the facts.
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In the UK, it is legal to format shift.
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Copyright law has been changed to allow you to make personal copies of media (ebooks, digital music or video files etc) you have bought, for private purposes such as format shifting or backup.
Before this change to the law, it was not legal to copy music that you bought on a CD onto your MP3 player. The changes, which apply from 1 October, update copyright law to make this legal, as long as you own what you are copying, e.g. a music album, and the copy you make is for your own private use.
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