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Libgourou: A Free Implementation of Adobe's Adept DRM on ePub/PDF Files

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Re: Libgourou: A Free Implementation of Adobe's Adept DRM on ePub/PDF Files

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Post by Quarrel »

imzadi wrote: post #7
szundi wrote: post #3

Is it stealing when someone buys a book legally and then downloads it drm-free to save it for future use? (As should be normal)

Apparently it IS illegal to bypass access controls but not copy controls. https://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/circumventing-copyright-con...

This entirely depends on your local jurisdiction.

Even in the US, not all of this is settled law.

Re: Libgourou: A Free Implementation of Adobe's Adept DRM on ePub/PDF Files

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Post by criddell »

gorky1 wrote: post #9

I'd say this doesn't bypass anything, it's just some kind of virtual device? I'm using it to read legally purchased books on unsupported hardware.

Would it be the same as using an emulator to play a Nintendo game on your PC?

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Post by WolfeReader »

sshine wrote: post #13

I’m probably reading this wrong, but “gourou” (狗肉) is dog meat in Chinese.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/gourou

Given that the hosting site is on a French domain, I'm guessing this is the intended meaning.

Re: Libgourou: A Free Implementation of Adobe's Adept DRM on ePub/PDF Files

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Post by kstrauser »

szundi wrote: post #3

Is it stealing when someone buys a book legally and then downloads it drm-free to save it for future use? (As should be normal)

Stealing: absolutely not.

Legally OK: depends on jurisdiction, I imagine.

Morally OK: 100% of the time, as long as the ebook is identical to the physical one other than its format. That is, if you could scan and OCR the physical book and end up with the same result as the ebook, yes. If the ebook comes with extra content that you would not have access to without buying it in that format, I would say that's not OK. (Table of contents and indexes that link directly to a page rather than just listing its page number don't count in my opinion. Those are just the electronic equivalents of the paper indexing system.)

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Post by alwayslikethis »

szundi wrote: post #3

Is it stealing when someone buys a book legally and then downloads it drm-free to save it for future use? (As should be normal)

Is downloading ever copyright infringement? I was under the impression that it is the uploading, i.e. distributing that is illegal, not receiving the copy.

Re: Libgourou: A Free Implementation of Adobe's Adept DRM on ePub/PDF Files

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Post by kstrauser »

edent wrote: post #2

I've used this several times to read books I've legally purchased. An indispensable bit of software.

I adamantly believe that this is morally and ethically OK in all situations. If you buy a copy of a book, it's your right to read it on any device of yours you want, even ones that haven't been manufactured yet. I bought a copy of Stephen King's "The Stand" 30 years ago and it's still on a bookshelf here ready for me to read at any time. If I'd bought an ebook copy of it instead, I'm just as ethically permitted to read it however and whenever I choose.

Before anyone bothers "correcting" me with nonsense about buying a license instead of a copy, don't bother. As we speak, the Amazon page for that book says "buy now", not "buy a license now", or "license now". By any reasonable interpretation of reality, I'd be buying a copy of it. That doesn't mean it would be OK to share that copy outside my household, any more than I could photocopy a physical version and pass it around. It's impossible to convince me that it's wrong to share a copy with my wife, any more than it'd be wrong to lend her my physical copy after I'm done reading it.

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