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Of course, if you don't ever look again (and no one else does) at a file you should have deleted but didn't, there's no difference, but I don't think that's what you'd do. It's a bit like having an affair and saying it's OK as long as your wife doesn't know... |
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If no books sold has DRM there is no reason to have a DRM for library books. |
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It doesn't - at least not in Mobi format; I don't know about ePub.
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03-01-2009, 10:33 AM | #80 |
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My first preference is to buy the ebook. If that's not a possibility then it is usually more convenient to get a shared version from the darknet than find a library with the ebook that I want. If it were the other way around I'd gladly borrow the ebook rather than downloading it.
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03-01-2009, 11:38 AM | #82 | |
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You reasoning is flawed and self contradictory. Please delete library books once you are done with them. If you want it again, just check it out again! BOb |
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Unfortunately no libraries in my state offer OverDrive ebooks so I need to borrow a friend's library number. But yes, if you sign up with a library you should abide by their rules. And that would probably include not removing the DRM in the first place. |
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My contract with the library says I will take out no more than 6 books at a time, and will keep them out of circulation for no more than 21 days. If I keep the books and read them at my leisure and delete them when I am done, I have not breached my contract with the library. At the very least, it is a technical breach, and the damages are zero.
I would not buy these books if I could not get them from the library. This does not change my behavior from that with paper books. The books I really wanted to keep, I would buy (Harry Potter), and all the others I would get from the library. That is what I pay for with my taxes to the library. I am still buying the books I want to have permanently or don't want to wait for from the library (Southern Vampire Series) and getting the rest from the library. The fact that I am not reading the books as I get them is different, and perhaps I shouldn't do that, but I can't really think who I am hurting, as long as I have returned the books and delete them after I read them. The fact that I read them on a kindle rather than a Sony reader? Surely that is not the point. Libraries are funded to provide free books for a limited period of time. I could xerox a library book and read it later. I believe there is a copyright exception for personal use. This is the first time I have used my library since I got my kindle. It is better, from the library's perspective, that I use the library, because if I don't, I will not be willing to support it. If libraries had an open format, I would have no problem reading the library books as I got them. I have 35 pages of books on my kindle, and the thought that I will read all of them before I die is ridiculous, especially since I keep buying books and downloading free (legal) books. I know this is rationalization (after all, I am a lawyer) but since my behavior is now exactly the same as before I got my kindle, I am not troubled. Is it really immoral? |
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Adobe 6 or 7 error message
Who is still using Acrobat 6 or 7 will probably get an error message after opening the PDF. It still works but its the fault of the EBX_* custom properties.
For removing this adjust your --------------------------------------------------------------------------- def serialize_object(self, obj): if isinstance(obj, dict): self.write('<<') kc = re.compile(r'EBX_\w*') for key, val in obj.items(): # remove the EBX_ custom properties (Adobe 6 is complaining about) if kc.match(key):self.write('') else: self.write('/%s' % key) self.serialize_object(val) self.write('>>') --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The problem is that some PDFs have aditional metadata so it still complains. I haven't found out yet how to filter these out. |
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I wonder if that puts your friend in violation of their agreement. After all, you're not paying any taxes to support that library yet you are using their collection.
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