How on earth is removing drama in order to play it on your own devices illegal anyway? > On Mar 4, 2015, at 7:22 AM, Neal Ewers <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org> wrote: > > Very interesting. Richard, I not necessarily pointing a finger at you here. > Others have chimed in on this list, but I do need to say the following. > > > > First you point out that it is illegal, and in the next breath, you say that > you have tried to do it. Plus, you are now trying, through your email to > this list to help other people do things that are not legal. If you don't > like the law, then fight to have it changed. But I very much dislike people > assuming that just because they are blind, they have some inalienable right > to circumvent the law and read what they jolly well please, even if it is > illegal. > > > > Neal > > > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Richard Turner > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 9:13 AM > To: ViPone list > Subject: DRM removal > > > > 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 > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > <winmail.dat>
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