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Originally Posted by disney_mommy
Thank you, JSWolf for your quick response!
I can't access that site from work, it's blocked (stupid web filters!). Until I can get home and look at it, do you mind me asking a few questions? (And will you be around this evening so I can get help then?!  )
Do I download this new program to strip the DRM? How exactly do I go about stripping the DRM (do I upload the book from my computer?) Did I buy the correct format from Fictionwise? When I download from Fictionwise, what format should it be in? Am I correct when I download it to my computer, then use calibre to search for it and upload it?
Okay, that was more than a few questions... I truly am what you would call Type A - I like to have a list with steps showing me exactly what to do, in order, in plain terms! |
The problem is that if any US person answers your questions too directly, they have committed a felony under the DMCA. For DRM-polluted formats, mobi is OK, but the order of preference would be ePub, Lit, mobi, ereader. It is possible to strip DRM from all of them, but for legal reasons we can't tell you how. I will say, however, that google is your friend.
Speaking very generically, what you are going to do is download the book from fictionwise, process it through some piece of software that removes the DRM, then use Calibre on the DRM-free result. This process may or may not be legal in the US when done for personal use on legitimately acquired content -- legal scholars disagree and no court has yet ruled. Note, however, that providing the DRM-free bits to another person outside your household is probably a violation of both copyright law and the DMCA.
My personal stand is that stripping DRM from a book you have acquired legitimately is a perfectly reasonable and morally unobjectionable choice -- as long as you do not then share it beyond your immediate household. Certainly it's a choice that causes no harm to the copyright-holder -- not even a single lost sale!
Xenophon