The fair use provision in the copyright act makes it unclear as to
whether breaking DRM for your own personal use violates the DMCA. Here's
one of many articles talking about this issue
http://gizmodo.com/5596571/federal-judge-ok-to-break-drm-for-fair-use
There has been an exception made to the DMCA stating that breaking DRM
to make an accessible copy for personal use is in agreement with the
fair use provision of the copyright act, but the extention of this
exception from year to year is not a given. Here's more on this issue
http://www.afb.org/info/programs-and-services/public-policy-center/technology-and-information-accessibility/afbs-comments-on-rulemaking-exemption-to-prohibition-on-circumvention-of-copyright-protection/1235
My only point being that whether this is legal or not isn't black and white.
On 03/04/2015 06:01 PM, Juan Hernandez wrote:
This is true. Because often removing DRM is the only time someone can gain
access accessibly to content.
Best,
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Although I am not an attorney, my understanding is that if a person is visually
impaired and they are unprotecting a book for their own use this is perfectly
legal.
On 3/4/15, eden <[email protected]> wrote:
if this is true, I was not aware. I was only referring to books that
one had already bought or were free not pirating.
Eden
On 3/4/2015 8:18 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
If I remember correctly Cara, the list owner, has stated previously
that discussions about DRM removal are not welcome on this list. I
have to leave for work now so can't check the archives for her post,
but I'm pretty sure it's there.
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i have one called Kindle converter, but I am not sure what exactly it
came from. It might be from that same thing, but I doubt it. it
works fine with Windows 7. If they are free books, I wil download
them and see if I can convert them, dm me offlist, I'll try to help.
Eden
On 3/4/2015 7:12 AM, Richard Turner wrote:
It has been recommended on this list that Calibre is a handy program
to remove DRM so we can read our purchased books in our favorite
reader instead of being tied to the particular reader for a
particular book format.
In investigating this on the Calibre web site, I came across an
online book by one of the Calibre developers.
The ABCs of e-book format conversion: Easy Calibre tips for the
Kindle, Sony and Nook
By John Schember
This is what he has to say about DRM removal:
Begin quote:
DRM the bane of conversion
DRM, as noted, stands for Digital Rights Management.
Let's think about physical books for a moment. With a physical book,
you can lend, and sell that book. But when you do either, you have
to go without the book. With e-books, that is not the case. E-books
are just files on the computer and they can be copied any number of
times and given away any number of times. DRM is designed and was
created to prevent unlimited copying of an electronic file (although
some e-book users would also note that it is a handy way for
companies to try to lock them into specific brands).
DRM affords different books various rights as determined by the
publisher and seller. Some can be read on more than one device. Some
will allow for partial copying and printing. Simply put, DRM
restricts what you can do with an e-book.
Any e-book with DRM cannot be converted to a different format. This
is because conversion itself would require the removal of the DRM.
Not all e-book formats support DRM and different e-book formats
support different sets of privileges granted by the DRM. There is no
way to move the DRM with the content when converting; thus DRM
prevents conversion.
You might be tempted to look for some way to remove DRM from e-books
in order to facilitate conversion.
A word of warning about doing this:
In the USA there is a law known as the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
(DMCA). This law makes it illegal to circumvent a copy protection
system (DRM). It also makes it illegal to produce tools, distribute
tools, and aid in circumvention. Not everyone lives in the USA, but
many countries have similar laws. Check your local laws and realize
that even though you my may only want to read an EPUB book you've
legally purchased on your Kindle, it may not be legal to do so. If
you're don't like this silliness-and I don't-then speak up to
whoever in your country makes the relevant laws.
End of quote.
In spite of this, I have tried to remove DRM from a Kindle book that
I would much rather read in Voice Dream Reader, but have not found a
way to accomplish this on Windows 8.1.1. The latest Calibre does
not allow for DRM removal.
Some have mention an eBook Convertor, but that seems to just be an
addon to Calibre.
Richard
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