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.
  • Railcar8095@lemm.eeEnglish
    44·
    22 days ago

    From a legal standpoint, is it more illegal to remove DRM or to just download DRM-freed content?

    Meta lawyers think the second is fine, BTW.

    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      55·
      22 days ago

      It’s more legal to share military secrets with journalists. Don’t believe me? Wait and see how long that guy ends up spending in jail.

    • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
      29·
      22 days ago

      There is no “more illegal”. One is illegal, the other is not.

      • Neshura@bookwormstory.socialEnglish
        8·
        21 days ago

        Robbing a store is illegal. Murdering someone is also illegal, however one of the two is for good reasons punished much more harshly.

        • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
          14·
          21 days ago

          It’s not a “take”, it is a fact.

          Stop commenting unless you have evidence to the contrary.