EDIT: I see jhowell posted on this (#3) while I was writing my own bit, and that he knows more.
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Originally Posted by DNSB
In a move I found rather humourous, the IA has complained about a tool for removing DRM from books downloaded from them.
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Makes sense to me. AFAIK, their system of offering copyrighted books to readers certified as print-disabled in the United States (often can be certified by a public library or university) has not come under legal attack. And this does include putting DRM on downloaded books. If they took the attitude that de-DRMing was fine, perhaps this too would be imperiled.
Of course it would be hard to impossible to stop all de-DRMing. Maybe there is something about the software they are asking to be taken down that makes it especially easy to integrate with Open Library. That I don’t know.