01-18-2011, 05:23 PM | #61 | |
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I know maybe this is too personal, but did you receive any pressure from anyone or any company against what you were doing? Wish you the best! |
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01-18-2011, 05:27 PM | #62 | |
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I can't believe the DMCA has been around for 12 years. Ever since its inception, I've always considered it in the same league as the Volstead act: it's retarded, nobody wants it and it's going to be repealed some day. As a result, I pretty much ignore it and carry on thinking in pre-DMCA mode, hence my comment. Oh well, hopefully the DeDRM project will be relocated to a non-US country with sensible laws and free people to work on it. |
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01-18-2011, 05:32 PM | #63 |
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I just wanted to add my best wishes to you Alf!
And many, many thanks!! Joyful |
01-18-2011, 05:40 PM | #64 |
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Just want to add my best wishes for your "retirement" and sincere thanks for your web site.
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01-18-2011, 06:14 PM | #65 |
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All the best Alf. For those who were geographically restricted, the tips and tricks offered on your site were a boon.
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01-18-2011, 06:37 PM | #66 |
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Thank you for all of the wisdom that you have passed to us :-)
I understand your reason for retiring and wish you the best of luck! I hope we will still see you around Mobile Reads, even if under another name! |
01-18-2011, 08:48 PM | #67 |
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Thanks for all you've done.
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01-18-2011, 09:08 PM | #68 |
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Alf - Thanks so much for all of your help. You've helped me save several hundred old books. Because of the your tools, I've also been able to purchase more new books and new ereaders than I would have otherwise.
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01-18-2011, 09:52 PM | #69 |
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Thanks Alf for all you've done. You will be missed.
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01-19-2011, 03:31 AM | #70 | |
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Intellectually, I believe it to be an irrational worry. But that doesn't stop me being worried about it. — Alf. |
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01-19-2011, 06:31 AM | #71 |
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Altho I haven't been here long, I've been to your page a couple times,and read a few things that make me hopeful about losing all my drm-ed books. Live long and prosper!
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01-19-2011, 09:20 AM | #72 | |
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There have also been changes to support OpenSSL as an alternative to PyCrypto. Also, to make it compatible with Calibre as a plugin. |
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01-19-2011, 12:20 PM | #73 | |
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Of course, the Wall Street Journal is a different publication. I want to apologize to you, as a user, for making your life difficult. |
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01-19-2011, 07:51 PM | #74 | |
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But most people wouldn't want to be the one to test the limits. Alf was willing, for a while, bless him, but I don't blame him at all for calling it quits at this point. That, of course, is one of the basic problems with the DMCA - it operates in terrorem to prevent people from doing things that it doesn't, at bottom, actually forbid. We'll probably never know, because it takes someone who is willing to wind up a martyr to put the law to the test. EDIT: Seeing Alf's later posts, it's clear that this is exactly what has happened to him. Last edited by Harmon; 01-20-2011 at 12:31 AM. |
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01-19-2011, 08:27 PM | #75 |
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Bless you for all you've done, Alf. I'll continue to whisper you a blessing each time I'm laid up, unable to read to myself. The ability to listen to TTS on my Kindle books is priceless beyond words.
Thank you. |
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