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@Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish •
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You Can Remove DRM From Your Digital Books, but It's Probably Illegal

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You Can Remove DRM From Your Digital Books, but It's Probably Illegal

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@Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish •
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DRM prevents you from downloading copies of books you've purchased from online storefronts, but is it legal to bypass DRM to create backups? Cory Doctorow, an expert on the DMCA, weighs in on the subject.

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

  • @gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    Doing illegal things is the new black, haven’t you heard?

    Also, how exactly would they catch anyone doing this?

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      • @Taleya@aussie.zone
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        I’m too fucken old to read a book on a goddamn phone screen and my eco reader is too old to enshittify. Mwahahahahha i am untouchable

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