On 03/22/2011 12:27 PM, a@avenarius.sk wrote:
On Tuesday, 22nd March 2011 at 09:03:25 (GMT +0100), Marcello Perathoner wrote:
can you please give us an authoritative source that says that removing DRM from your own e-books solely for your private use is "illegal"?
I'm appalled that you don't know the laws of your very own country. Slovakia is in the EU isn't it?
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32001L0029:EN:HT...
Art. 6
Why be so bombastic, Marcello? Like Keith said, no one can possibly know all the laws of the country where they live,
It took me the best part of 2 minutes to find the "authoritative source" you requested. If you were more interested in facts than in your prejudices you could have found that text yourself. Hint: go to wikipedia and type "DRM" into that box up right. It works!
Second, Marcello, no country is governed by EU Directives. You posted a link to an EU Directive from 2001 -- admittedly an authoritative reference -- that merely says it should be implemented in EU Member States later on.
You remember that tip I gave you about wikipedia? Go and find out.
Third, you reference Article 6 of that Directive, but paragraph 4 of that Article explicitly mentions "exceptions and limitations" from copyright laws, referring back to Article 5(2)(b) which, in its turn, explicitly mentions "reproductions on any medium made by a natural person for private use and for ends that are neither directly nor indirectly commercial".
Copyright and circumvention of DRM are distinct issues.
So, you have produced an authoritative reference, Marcello, albeit a generic one (on the EU level rather than the level of an individual Member State). But, so far, you have provided zero proof and support for your assertion that "removing DRM from your own e-books solely for your private use is illegal".
I can't help if you can't read. Just another tip: You can break all the laws you want in private but you should be more careful about what law breaking you admit in public. Everybody can find out your home address in 5 seconds. Ahoi -- Marcello Perathoner webmaster@gutenberg.org