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Do you actually own anything digital? (www.theregister.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Do you actually own anything digital?::From ebooks, to videos and software, the answer is increasingly no

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It depends on the jurisdiction. Removal is illegal in some countries