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Old 01-09-2025, 05:41 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by John F View Post
I was of the impression that some people had concerns about authors not getting paid when stripping DRM from KU ebooks and sideloading.
Why, yes we do. After all, since the KU payment depends on tracking the reading progress, anything that prevents that prevents the author from being paid.

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Originally Posted by John F View Post
And some people have problems with stripping DRM from library books, while others feel that it isn't a problem if you follow the spirit of the library loan.

PMMV
For me, removing DRM from books I don't own is not a good idea. I do know a few local Kindle owners who routinely remove DRM from library loans since outside of the USA, you can't get library loans in a Kindle format, so they routinely remove DRM and convert to transfer to their Kindles. One of them does remove the books after they are read while the others just keep the copy in their calibre library.

As Apprentice Alf said on his blog:

I can’t get the tools to work on my rented or library ebooks.
Support for removing DRM from rented or library ebooks is not provided.
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