It depends upon who you talk to. Obviously, if you've *bought* Mobipocket ebooks and you're upgrading to an eInk-based ebook reader, you'd probably *want* to strip out the DRM in order to get the content onto your eInk reader - assuming you didn't buy an eInk reader which supports Mobipocket.
Now some people (IANAL, so I'm stating this from a layperson's view.) will tell you that this is illegal, that despite having *bought* these ebooks, you don't have the right to do anything to move them from a 'supported' platform to an 'unsupported' one. Other people will point out that, like a dead tree book, once you bought it, it's yours to handle in any manner which allows you to read it.
This is one area where the law has steadfastly refused to live in the present, choosing instead to live in the far past. And organizations like music's RIAA are perfectly happy keeping it there.
Derek
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Originally Posted by Harpgliss
Hi,
I always thought circumventing the DRM was illegal?
It is O.k. to talk about this here?
If it is? can we post the Harry Potter stuff here also?
I guess I am not seeing much of a difference here.
Illegal vs illegal is still illegal I always thought.
David
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