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Originally Posted by DNSB
It doesn't matter if they are deDRMed or not. If the copies are not legitimate, it is not legal to download them. The section I quoted did not mention uploading, it mentions downloading.
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This translation was produced by someone who obviously doesn't know German very well - $42 Article 5 is exclusively about making the work available - and believe me, I understand German.
It does not say that downloading is against the law.
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(5) Eine Vervielfältigung zum eigenen oder privaten Gebrauch liegt vorbehaltlich der Abs. 6 und 7 nicht vor, wenn sie zu dem Zweck vorgenommen wird, das Werk mit Hilfe des Vervielfältigungsstückes der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich zu machen, oder wenn hiefür eine offensichtlich rechtswidrig hergestellte oder öffentlich zugänglich gemachte Vorlage verwendet wird. Zum eigenen oder privaten Gebrauch hergestellte Vervielfältigungsstücke dürfen nicht dazu verwendet werden, das Werk damit der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich zu machen.
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"Hiefür" means clearly "der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich zu machen" (upload) - everything else contradicts the German language rule.
Oh yes, a far-fetched interpretation could also be that I may not download a copy of which I know in advance that it was created illegally - hmmmmmmm?
But such a law would be completely stupid - and I do not believe such a thing from our parliament.
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As for what you wrote, I saw no mention of out of copyright books or public domain books. No matter how fast I read the quoted item below, it seems to say the same thing.
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But you can't have read that I was looking for copy-protected books either - I have an idea how you come up with that as an advisor for DRM removal, but that would be just speculation as well
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Must be an interesting collection of pirate sites that you hang out on where they have an great selection of out of copyright and/or public domain books available for download.
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You may not believe it, but there are some who have not been blocked because they provide legal content.
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And given that you requested information on correcting an error in one of the DeDRM 7.0β releases, it would appear that you are using DeDRM.
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This interpretation is also far-fetched - I am interested in many things, including the functionality of DRM - but being interested in something does not mean that Im using it.
So I am interested eg. in weapons without using them.