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You Can Remove DRM From Your Digital Books, but It's Probably Illegal (lifehacker.com)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Title from the article. Interesting article, with some good words from our DRM-free favorite Cory Doctorow.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/40754848

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[-] psud@aussie.zone 10 points 6 days ago

I luckily live in a country where I may break copy protection if it is to move the content into a format where I can use it as I prefer

Eg I could (and did) legally break copy protection on DVDs to allow me to watch them on my Linux computer

[-] neshura@bookwormstory.social 6 points 6 days ago

Over here you can even make copies for personal use or sharing with a close group of friends.

I love the unintended consequences of declaring that the internet is to be treated under the same laws as radio broadcasts. Suddenly being allowed to make a recorded copy of anything as long as you yourself create the copy becomes significantly more important.