![]() ![]() ![]() To remove DRM, you'll need the open-source library, libdvdcss. I know other people who use VLC Media Player. It's a pain, but it works.įor video, I rip the movies off my DVDs using Handbrake. So, for ebooks, I use the open-source ebook program Calibre to manage them and a variety of tools to remove the Digital Rights Management (DRM)* from my books. The vendors frown on this, but they're not giving us any choice. What's a reader and a watcher to do? Since publishers are not letting me buy my own copies of their goods, it's time to make our own copies. And, manufacturers are abandoning Blu-Ray and DVD players, while retail vendors are giving up on selling DVDs. ![]() For example, some books are only available now in eBook editions. Well, one thing is to go old-school and get your books and media on paper and DVDs. The compilation of all content included in or made available through any Amazon Business Service is the exclusive property of Amazon and protected by U.S. To quote from Amazon's copyright policy: "All content included in or made available through Amazon Business, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software is the property of Amazon or its content suppliers and protected by U.S. Eventually, Amazon restored those books, but a precedent had been set. Amazon said they'd discovered they hadn't the right to sell the books, so they deleted them from your eReaders. You may have thought you owned copies of these classic George Orwell books, but you were wrong. Going back to 2009, Amazon dropped 1984 and Animal Farm from its Kindle eReaders. Opinion What do Amazon, Sony, and Broadcom all have in common? Give up? Each, in their own way, has made it clear that when you buy something from them, you don't actually own it. ![]()
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