Thread: Ethics and legalities of format shifting
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Old 01-03-2021, 08:12 AM   #83
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
Nonsense. Go to baen.com. Buy one of the books. Download the Mobi format. Side-load onto your Kindle.

Not against the law anywhere.
Format shifting was upheld by the US Supreme Court in the famous betamax case. The specific case of format shifting eBooks has never been adjudicated in US courts, probably because no one has any financial incentive to take it to court. The question of removing DRM to format shift for your personal use is one of those things that I suspect will remain a matter of purely academic interest since I doubt anyone with legal standing is interested in opening that can of worms. I suspect the question would mostly come down to what judge is the trial judge since one could make a legal argument either way. For the most part, it's a don't ask/don't tell situation of toleration.
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