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Originally Posted by Shad Plante
My understanding is that just circumventing the copy protection system itself is a violation of the law, even if it is fair use.
I can understand why Hitch is "exceeding careful" in situations like these.
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Ah yes, that is true. My understanding of the DMCA is that a company can only invoke it if it protected a coyrighted work. In the case of this thread it sounds like to me that Hitch found a way to purchase the book (probably from an seller oversees) after the author got the rights back. The DMCA should be no longer applicable to a now technically pirated book, thus the circumvention of DRM is no longer a criminal offence.