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> Why would DRM on a digital copy of a book matter? Because DRM is just a way to make "breaking copyright" more practically cumbersome. What's easier, breaking
by streetfighter64 3mo ago
> Why would DRM on a digital copy of a book matter?
Because DRM is just a way to make "breaking copyright" more practically cumbersome. What's easier, breaking digital DRM for each and every E-book you find, or just establishing a single pipeline for scanning physical books?
- sidewndr46 3mo agobreaking DRM is so easy my generation was doing it as kids, there is no technical obstacle there.
- TeMPOraL 3mo agoIt's a manual process. More importantly, it's also explicitly illegal. Destructive format-shifting is not. Thank copyright laws.
- eru 3mo agoWhy would it be a manual pass? There's only so many DRM schemes, and you can even use your previous generation AI to help with the breaking. > More importantly, it's also explicitly illegal. Agreed!
- streetfighter64 3mo agoAgain, what's more technically feasible? Setting up a DRM-cracking LLM and manually verifying that it's actually succeeded for each and every DRM scheme you encounter, or just throwing the books in a regular old office scanner and being sure it works without even checking...