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Originally Posted by Shaggy
Exactly. They can put anything they like in the fine print, but in this case it's unenforceable. US Courts have already ruled on situations like this. It is a sale, not a license.
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True, but they're lobbying Congress to change that. I'm not too sure the direct route (getting it enforced as a license) will work, but at times I'm very afraid that the indirect route (prohibiting DeDRM'ing) will.
It's a little bit of a philosophical problem-although you have the (legal) right to sell/trade/give your eBook, you do not have the right to alter it (except for personal use, i.e. you can't sell/trade/give the altered version). It's perfectly legal to ignore an 'illegal' law (the practical difficulty is how you determine it's illegal until you're taken to court?), but does that mean software that prevents you from exercising your rights is illegal? If not, then is it legal to crack that software?
These are philosophical problems that will eventually be worked out-what I'm afraid of is that they'll 'work out' to the detriment of consumers.