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Originally Posted by PodPeople
If removing DRM is legal now, why is it still a verboten topic on MobileRead?
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I avoided responding to this assertion because I didn't want to hijacked the threat. The topic has been almost continually discussed on Mobileread.
The consensus is that the only exception in the United States allows DRM to be removed for the blind so that Text to Speech will work provided there's no audio book version of that book available and the blind person bought the book. This one exception was made for compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act.
There have always been liberal interpretations of the copyright but the courts seem to hold that the issue must be settled through legislation. So far the only thing Congress has done is extend the term of the copyright.