[tadfisher]

Damn. I rely on this software to read ebooks on my Remarkable tablet. I do this because I like giving at least a few pennies of royalty percentage to the author, and as far as I understand it, it's legal on my end to circumvent DRM for the sole purpose of interoperability for my legally-purchased content.

Of course, if they really don't want my money, there's always libgen.

[withinrafael]

In the context of DRM protected content, no it is not something you're allowed to do. (Frustrating, yes.)

[stjohnswarts]

depends on what country you live in. Not everyone lives in the USA

[Mindwipe]

> depends on what country you live in. Not everyone lives in the USA

As anti-DRM circumvention laws are a requirement of membership of the WTO, there are very few functioning countries that do not have them. The US law is not exceptional, nor even particularly stringent in this area.

[Fire-Dragon-DoL]

I'm pretty sure you are allowed to "rip dvds" (and circumvent their protection in the process) to do so, for backup, in Italy. I think it might apply to the whole EU, but I could be wrong

[Mindwipe]

No, you aren't. Italy has an anti-circumvention law that expressly prohibits this, and that law is a codification of an EU directive common across the entire EU.

You are allowed backup unprotected DVDs in Italy, but not protected ones.

[lobocinza]

This might impact on availability of new titles on Libgen.

[toyg]

I doubt it. This is DeCSS all over again; means will be found. Already anyone with an immediate need has downloaded the master snapshot, and can use that until an alternative distribution channel is set up.

Pirate Bay is still up, and the MPAA has legal guns much bigger than anybody involved with ebooks. It's just a matter of time before noDRM comes back.

[lobocinza]

Hope so. And hope that this bring attention to the issue.

[syshum]

AntiDRM is Hydra...

Cut off one head, 100 grow back. All these efforts by copyright maximalist do is free recruitment for the Anti-Copyright crowd

Every enforcement action they make, stronger the animosity towards copyright grows, their short term gains, will prove to be their downfall

[lobocinza]

Amen!