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[Discuss] Thumbs Up To Ben



There's a suite of DRM removal tools for ebooks that can scrape the DRM
off of Kindle, Nook, and several other ebook formats. The one format it
can't remove is the Apple iBook DRM.

As for TV and movies from iTunes, I'm not aware of any DRM removal tools
for these.


On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:48 PM,  <markw at mohawksoft.com> wrote:
> DRM in music is bad, but it is not nearly as bad as DRM in eBooks.
>
>> Wait - didn't Apple eliminate DRM from tunes 2 years ago?
>> http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/apples-itunes-drops-drm-adds-tiered-pricing-3g-downloads
>>
>>
>>>> the cultural and legal acceptance of DRM. If you think about this and
>>>> its
>>>>
>>> Everyone that purchases music from iTunes can easily bypass the DRM by
>>> creating a CD of their music, then ripping it back as whatever format
>>> they
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