4 ms·

Damn. I rely on this software to read ebooks on my Remarkable tablet. I do this because I like giving at least a few pennies of royalty percentage to the author

Damn. I rely on this software to read ebooks on my Remarkable tablet. I do this because I like giving at least a few pennies of royalty percentage to the author, and as far as I understand it, it's legal on my end to circumvent DRM for the sole purpose of interoperability for my legally-purchased content. Of course, if they really don't want my money, there's always libgen.

lobocinza 5y ago
This might impact on availability of new titles on Libgen.
- toyg 5y ago
  I doubt it. This is DeCSS all over again; means will be found. Already anyone with an immediate need has downloaded the master snapshot, and can use that until an alternative distribution channel is set up. Pirate Bay is still up, and the MPAA has legal guns much bigger than anybody involved with ebooks. It's just a matter of time before noDRM comes back.
  - lobocinza 5y ago
    Hope so. And hope that this bring attention to the issue.
- syshum 5y ago
  AntiDRM is Hydra... Cut off one head, 100 grow back. All these efforts by copyright maximalist do is free recruitment for the Anti-Copyright crowd Every enforcement action they make, stronger the animosity towards copyright grows, their short term gains, will prove to be their downfall
  - lobocinza 5y ago
    Amen!
deleted 5y ago
[deleted]
withinrafael 5y ago
In the context of DRM protected content, no it is not something you're allowed to do. (Frustrating, yes.)
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  depends on what country you live in. Not everyone lives in the USA
  - Mindwipe 5y ago
    > depends on what country you live in. Not everyone lives in the USA As anti-DRM circumvention laws are a requirement of membership of the WTO, there are very few functioning countries that do not have them. The US law is not exceptional, nor even particularly stringent in this area.
    - Fire-Dragon-DoL 5y ago
      I'm pretty sure you are allowed to "rip dvds" (and circumvent their protection in the process) to do so, for backup, in Italy. I think it might apply to the whole EU, but I could be wrong
      - Mindwipe 5y ago
        No, you aren't. Italy has an anti-circumvention law that expressly prohibits this, and that law is a codification of an EU directive common across the entire EU. You are allowed backup unprotected DVDs in Italy, but not protected ones.

lobocinza 5y ago

This might impact on availability of new titles on Libgen.

toyg 5y ago
I doubt it. This is DeCSS all over again; means will be found. Already anyone with an immediate need has downloaded the master snapshot, and can use that until an alternative distribution channel is set up. Pirate Bay is still up, and the MPAA has legal guns much bigger than anybody involved with ebooks. It's just a matter of time before noDRM comes back.
- lobocinza 5y ago
  Hope so. And hope that this bring attention to the issue.
syshum 5y ago
AntiDRM is Hydra... Cut off one head, 100 grow back. All these efforts by copyright maximalist do is free recruitment for the Anti-Copyright crowd Every enforcement action they make, stronger the animosity towards copyright grows, their short term gains, will prove to be their downfall
- lobocinza 5y ago
  Amen!

deleted 5y ago

[deleted]

withinrafael 5y ago

In the context of DRM protected content, no it is not something you're allowed to do. (Frustrating, yes.)

stjohnswarts 5y ago
depends on what country you live in. Not everyone lives in the USA
- Mindwipe 5y ago
  > depends on what country you live in. Not everyone lives in the USA As anti-DRM circumvention laws are a requirement of membership of the WTO, there are very few functioning countries that do not have them. The US law is not exceptional, nor even particularly stringent in this area.
  - Fire-Dragon-DoL 5y ago
    I'm pretty sure you are allowed to "rip dvds" (and circumvent their protection in the process) to do so, for backup, in Italy. I think it might apply to the whole EU, but I could be wrong
    - Mindwipe 5y ago
      No, you aren't. Italy has an anti-circumvention law that expressly prohibits this, and that law is a codification of an EU directive common across the entire EU. You are allowed backup unprotected DVDs in Italy, but not protected ones.