L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDo you actually own anything digital?www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1352arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1339arrow-down1external-linkDo you actually own anything digital?www.theregister.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square170fedilinkfile-text
Do you actually own anything digital?::From ebooks, to videos and software, the answer is increasingly no
minus-squareThe Menemen!@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year agoNah, you can buy it legally and break the drm illegally. That is what someone I know very well does with my, ahm, their ebooks.
minus-squaregamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoRemoving DRM from content you bought is actually legal What’s illegal is doing so for the purposes of sharing whatever was DRM’d in the first place Not that it stops me
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt depends on the jurisdiction. Removal is illegal in some countries
Nah, you can buy it legally and break the drm illegally. That is what someone I know very well does with my, ahm, their ebooks.
Removing DRM from content you bought is actually legal
What’s illegal is doing so for the purposes of sharing whatever was DRM’d in the first place
Not that it stops me
It depends on the jurisdiction. Removal is illegal in some countries