4 ms·
I can confirm that yes, it has been cracked. Happily it is (as far as I know) not yet illegal for me to remove DRM protection from books I've purchased, althoug
by krig 15y ago
I can confirm that yes, it has been cracked. Happily it is (as far as I know) not yet illegal for me to remove DRM protection from books I've purchased, although I'm sure that will change soon.
- cobrabyte 15y agoI'm with you. I purchase my books but I'm not too fond of Apple's ebook reader. I'll finally be able to get those books into other apps. And, maybe I'll start buying more -- novel concept. :)
- rmc 15y agoI think in the USA, the DMCA has made it illegal to break the copy protection on copyrighted work? It may or may not be against the iBook EULA, which might make you in breech of contract, or make you guilty of using a computer system without agreement.
- krig 15y agoI am not in the USA, but yes, I think you are correct about the DMCA. Unfortunately, after looking into things it seems that the law in Sweden also prohibits breaking DRM. There is a provision that if I am unable to otherwise use the content, I am allowed to break the copy protection. However, the law also prohibits making and spreading software that is capable of breaking copy protection, so that sort of contradicts that escape route (since they can just say that the illegal act was figuring out how to break the copy protection, not the actual breakage). In swedish, from the swedish government: http://www.sweden.gov.se/content/1/c6/05/07/29/96c6bfb1.pdf http://www.sweden.gov.se/content/1/c6/05/07/29/96c6bfb1.pdf It's a sad state of affairs. :(
- dripton 15y agoI am not a lawyer, but the DMCA makes an exception for compatibility. So I believe you have the right to break the DRM on a Kindle book so that you can read it on Linux.