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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (8 children)

There's no impossible because if you can see it, it can be captured and digitized, but there is a level of complication that can make it unreasonable. They could make it unreasonable to crack the drm outright and require you to screenshot/OCR it. Then they can limit the OS to make to difficult to automate capture.

Bottom line, they're just kicking payers off their network when it's easier to pirate it than to buy it through their service.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    but there is a level of complication that can make it unreasonable.

    Lol, just read the Arch Wiki about Bluray playing. Unreasonable only takes a bit longer.

    Especially engineering people get creative out of interest if they're denied access. And that's a beautiful thing.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    require you to screenshot/OCR it

    So just like what people do with paper books.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    What GOOGLE did WITHOUT PERMISSION to paper books. ;)

    I've imaged a few short books with a cellphone and page correction software.

    It takes dedication to make a pleasant final product. But those vacuum book scanners are freaking amazing.

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