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DRM removal tool was taken down from github. If you can, please download it from gitlab before its taken down too (merv.news)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The DRM removal tool to remove DRM from ebooks was taken down from github and will most likely be taken down from gitlab soon as well. The more archives we have the better so im sharing the gitlab in hopes some Datahoarder types will archive it and keep it shared via torrents etc https://gitlab.com/bipinkrish/DeGourou

Heres an article about why it was taken down https://torrentfreak.com/internet-archive-targets-book-drm-removal-tool-with-dmca-takedown-230714/

Edit: does anyone here use https://radicle.xyz/ ? Its a p2p network built on top of git and could be a good way to host it while still being able to contribute to it besides making a .torrent for archiving

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Imagine buying books and not being able to do with them what you like

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Imagine spending years writing a book for the benefit of others, only to have it downloaded, stripped of it's licensing and given away to others for free and being robbed of compensation for the time you invested.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine going on the piracy Lemmy community and preaching the moral wrongs of copying.

Seriously though, DRM is a cancer. I usually pirate my books from LibGen, but I buy them on the Kobo store at the same time to support the author. It's easy to strip DRM from Kobo and they're better than Amazon, but I would really prefer not to support a store with DRM in the first place.

Can anyone recommend a DRM-less store? Something akin to GOG for books.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Imagine being so entitled that you think you have a right to others' work for free.