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Re:France may tax publications protected by DRM at a higher ... by paulgb on Sunday November 17, 2013 @11:18AM (#6749491)
This is off-topic, but it pains me to see that they shred and recycle the books rather than donating them to schools/libraries.
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Re:France may tax publications protected by DRM at a higher ... by icebraining on Sunday November 17, 2013 @11:42AM (#6749572)
That would be a copyright violation. The only way to avoid the charge is to destroy the original, so that they can claim no real copy has been made, just a transfer of format.
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Re:France may tax publications protected by DRM at a higher ... by paulgb on Sunday November 17, 2013 @02:23PM (#6750360)
Ah, that makes sense.
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Re:France may tax publications protected by DRM at a higher ... by infocollector on Sunday November 17, 2013 @11:43AM (#6749573)
They do shred+recycle, but they can not donate. Its all about copyright laws! :(
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