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Originally Posted by ottischwenk
Because there are real Kobo fanatics here who hardly want to allow anything else and even recommend illegal (here in the EU) with linking.
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Whereas @ottischwenk recommends illegal downloads of pirated ebooks claiming somehow that that is legal in Austria in contrast to his stand that removing DRM is illegal and he might get into trouble for reading a forum where links to the Apprentices' sites are posted.
Whereas a quick look at the Austrian laws concerning downloading copyrighted materials shows his belief to be off-base. I've quoted below from a
FAQ supplied by European Union Intellectual Property Office:
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Downloading a work protected by copyright from the internet constitutes an act of reproduction, regardless of the means and technology used. In the unlikely event that the downloaded parts of the work do not contain any peculiarity, there might not be any act of reproduction but the protection afforded by neighbouring rights still has to be considered. Additionally, Austrian copyright law requires that the source copy of the download was not obviously (produced or) made available unlawfully (Article 42(5) of the Austrian Copyright Act; see also Q7 and Q15). This includes the problem of ‘converting’ files that the rights holder does not intend to be downloaded.
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Admittedly, I used translation to read the original laws but the FAQ I'm quoting from is in English and agrees rather closely with the translated text. It's hard, IMO, to misread the bolded section above.