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Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore by TomMarius on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @11:10AM (#23312127)
I am pretty sure that if you bought it beforehand, it would change the "ruling" on your piracy. At least in Europe, I am not sure about USA.
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Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore by cortesoft on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @11:23AM (#23312276)
Nah, because the crime is usually sharing the copy, not downloading (i.e. the upload part of the torrent is the illegal part)
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Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore by TomMarius on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @11:28AM (#23312334)
Torrent is probably illegal, yeah. Regular downlpad might be legal-ish (protected by court) based on the intent - to simply read a book like a book, without unrealistic expectations.
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Re:I won’t buy ebooks anymore by znpy on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @11:19AM (#23312230)
Not sure about the Europe, but at least in the US the DMCA makes illegal to bypass/circumvent drm technologies.
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