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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
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 The DMCA should be no longer applicable to a now technically pirated book.
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Why do you say the book was pirated? The supplier could easily still have access under their contract with whomever is the publisher of record in that part of the world? It might get a bit squiffy when it comes to geo-location but that has not had a real court test when it comes to ebooks.
As for section 1201 of the DMCA? It makes it illegal for anyone to remove access controls from a copyrighted work.
The section that some record labels attempted to use to block a paper from being presented that detailed flaws in their Secure Digital Music Initiative? That has been used by several companies to claim that publishing flaws in their software would be a violation. What, some hacker can remotely control the accelerator and braking in your car? Well, you can't tell the world because that violates the DMCA. Then there was the attempt by researchers have the Library of Congress Librarian of Congress grant an exemption to the DMCA to make it crystal clear that independent research on vehicle software doesn’t violate copyright law in the LoC's triennial review. This was opposed by the vehicle manufacturers and the EPA. This was shortly before the VW emissions test scandal broke. Further to the comment about braking/acceleration, one researcher was threatened with arrest for planning to deliver a paper on how easy it was to take over control of automotive on-board systems due to poor to non-existent security protocols.